SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wofford athletic director Richard Johnson is retiring after greater than twenty years of main the Southern Conference college.

The college mentioned in an announcement Wednesday that Johnson would depart after it concluded a seek for his substitute, which can begin later this month.

Johnson has spent 40 years with Wofford. He served as males’s basketball coach from 1985 to 2002 earlier than heading the Southern Conference college’s athletic division.

Johnson had deliberate to retire after the 2022-23 tutorial yr however prolonged his time to deal with a number of head-coaching transitions together with males’s basketball, the place coach Jay McAuley resigned final December and interim coach Dwight Perry was named as his full-time substitute in March.

Johnson modified plans to retire this (*40*) Year’s Eve however determined the timing was proper for him now. He mentioned the varsity has a brand new capital marketing campaign within the works and that he believes “it is best for new athletics leadership to be part of that process.”

Johnson helped information the basketball workforce from NAIA membership into the NCAA, first in Division II from 1988 to ’95 earlier than shifting to Division I and the Southern Conference in 1997.