Education
Radakovich, a Serbian American, hails from Monaca, Pennsylvania where he attended Center High School, just outside Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
Radakovich, a Serbian American, hails from Monaca, Pennsylvania where he attended Center High School, just outside Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
Previously, he was the Athletics Director at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a position he held from February 22, 2006 to October 29, 2012. He was previously the Senior Associate Director of Athletics at Louisiana State University. Radakovich has a long background in dealing with program finance, as well as large scale renovation and facility improvement.
Over the course of his career, Radakovich has managed over a quarter of a billion dollars for various universities" athletic departments.
He earned a master"s degree in business administration from the University of Miami in 1982. At Long Beach State, he revamped radio broadcast agreements.
At South Carolina, he managed $33 million in facility improvements, including the Colonial Life Arena, now the home of University of Southern California"s basketball teams as well as other sports. At American University, he worked to get the school into the Patriot League.
At Louisiana State University, he developed a football ticket donation program, and was involved in $90,000,000 renovation of Tiger Stadium.
When hired at Georgia Technical on February 22, 2006, Radakovich beat out former Technical player and head coach Bill Curry and former Technical baseball and football player and baseball assistant coach Cam Bonifay for the job. Radakovich improved the sales of season tickets for the 2006 football season, especially "chairback" or "club level" season tickets. Hired football head coach Paul Johnson.
He changed the way that athletic seating worked with the TECH Fund.
The program also had several facilities changes, including a new indoor practice facility for football, Alexander Memorial Coliseum redesigned as Hank McCamish Pavilion, and rebuilt tennis facilities. Radakovich oversaw the addition of additional student fees to graduate and undergraduate students at Georgia Technology
These fees were included above and beyond normal tuition to help pay for a poorly managed football team These fees were not covered by the Health Opportunities for People Everywhere scholarship program for undergraduates or tuition waivers for graduate students.
This effectively raised the cost of all Georgia Technical students to pay for a limited few athletes.
This program was put in place before the great recession and has continued. The fees added under Radakovich"s tenure were not poplar from the viewpoint of graduate students. Also, during Radakovich"s tenure at Georgia Technical the football program was investigated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The National Collegiate Athletic Association asked Radakovich to not tell others that the program was under investigation.
Radakovich immediately informed Paul Johnson, the Georgia Technical football coach, that Georgia Technical was under investigation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The National Collegiate Athletic Association found out that Radakovich had informed Johnson of the investigation and levied a heavy penalty against Technology
As part of the penalty the National Collegiate Athletic Association took away Technical"s 2009 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination football championship. On October 29, 2012, Radakovich accepted position of athletic director at Clemson University.
Radakovich is a member of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.