Terry Mohajir serves as the University of Central Florida’s vice president and director of Athletics, bringing dynamic leadership, bold vision and a proven track record of success. Since his appointment in February 2021, Mohajir has overseen UCF’s transition into the Big 12 Conference, driven historic fundraising, enhanced student-athlete support and spearheaded major facility upgrades across all sports.
Under Mohajir, UCF guarantees every graduating student-athlete either job placement or graduate school admission — an unparalleled commitment in college athletics. Academically, the Knights boast a 94% graduation success rate and a 34-semester streak with a departmental GPA of 3.0 or higher, including a program-record 3.43 GPA in fall 2024.
A visionary fundraiser, Mohajir led UCF to secure $157.6 million in gifts and commitments through January 2025, including four pledges of $5 million or more. He also engineered groundbreaking partnerships, including a 13-year, $125 million deal with Playfly Sports and naming rights agreements with FBC Mortgage Stadium and Addition Financial Arena. These efforts expanded the department’s annual operating budget from $74 million in 2021 to an expected $117 million by 2025-26.
Mohajir’s leadership has sparked significant facility growth. Over $26 million has been invested in upgrades across all sports, highlighted by the Roth Tower project, a $90 million initiative supported by Orange County’s Tourism Development Tax. His “Mission XII” vision for a consolidated football campus includes Nicholson Plaza and McNamara Cove, aimed at elevating UCF’s competitiveness on-and-off the field.
On the field, UCF won 14 American Athletic Conference titles and made 18 NCAA Championship appearances from 2021–23, including a Sweet 16 in men’s soccer, a super regional in softball, and UCF’s first-ever No. 1 national ranking in men’s soccer in 2023. Eight teams finished in the national top 25 in 2022-23, and more than half did so in 2023-24.
In football, Mohajir hired Gus Malzahn in 2021, who led UCF to three straight bowl games before departing in 2024. Mohajir then rehired Scott Frost — architect of UCF’s 2017 undefeated season — as head coach ahead of the 2025 season. Additional coaching hires include leaders for baseball, rowing and volleyball.
UCF has also become a national leader in fan engagement and branding. Football season tickets have sold out five straight years, and total ticket revenue has exceeded $20 million annually since 2022. Licensing revenue grew from $650,000 pre-COVID to over $1 million in FY24. UCF also set a record with FOX’s largest-ever Big Noon Kickoff crowd in 2024, generating 2.6 billion impressions.
Beyond athletics, Mohajir helped form and transition “The Kingdom” NIL collective into an in-house, athletics-led unit launching in 2025 to support all programs with revenue sharing. His efforts have redefined strategic competitiveness at UCF.
Before UCF, Mohajir served as Arkansas State’s AD from 2012–21, where he led the Red Wolves to 25 conference titles, quadrupled fundraising, tripled the athletics budget and oversaw $90 million in facility improvements.
A former student-athlete and native of Overland Park, Kansas, Mohajir earned degrees from Arkansas State and Kansas. He and his wife, Julie, have three children: Maria, Molly and Marco.