Florida State plans to hire Jeff Purinton as its next athletics director. The news was first reported by Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger and confirmed by the Osceola.

Purinton is a 1997 graduate of FSU and a Palatka native. He has a bachelor’s degree from FSU in Sport Management as well as a Master’s degree in Athletic Administration.

His early work experience came at FSU from 1998-2006, where he worked in sports information and was later the director of football communications. After a short run working with the Orange Bowl, Purinton worked at Alabama from 2007-22 in a variety of roles from sports information before reaching the title of executive deputy director of athletics.

Purinton was the athletics director at Arkansas State before taking on his current role as Learfield’s Executive Vice President. He often worked on multimedia rights with various schools.

FSU hired Parker Executive Search on Oct. 30 to help with the athletics director search. A contract documented a 30-day timeline for a hire, but the search wrapped up far quicker and landed with a familiar face in Purinton.

His start date at FSU is not known. The school has not yet announced the hire.

President Richard McCullough and BOT chairman Peter Collins said they prioritized revenue generation and a new viewpoint on the athletics department given the rapidly changing landscape of college athletics. Purinton’s background in the ACC, SEC and with Learfield checks a number of boxes for FSU.