Joshua Hadley joined New Mexico State University in January 2026 as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Services. In his role, Hadley is recognized for his strategic leadership. His skill set to cast vision and create tangible paths of growth attracts top professionals that enhance operational excellence for academics, sport medicine, sport performance, and sport psychology. Under his purview, the department continues to take a holistic approach with promoting more options and resources for student-athlete’s nutrition, graduation, and mental health.
As the sport administrator for Aggies’ men’s basketball & women’s tennis he enjoys working with coaches and university stakeholders to support program operations including budget management, and revenue-sharing agreements.Â
Prior to NMSU, Hadley established a proven track record of navigating the changing landscape of collegiate athletics with record breaking success at multiple Power Four institutions including Texas A&M, the University of Kentucky and most recently the University of Utah. Some notable accomplishments include the following:
- Highest Graduation Success Rate in department history – University of Utah
- Perfect single year Annual Progress Rate (APR) for men’s basketball – Texas A&MÂ
- Highest Team GPA in program history for football – Texas A&M & University of Utah
- Several 3.0 semesters football & men’s basketball – Texas A&M & University of Utah
- Most AD honor roll students – Texas A&M & University of Utah
As a former collegiate football student-athlete, Hadley competed at the University of Idaho, Sacramento City College, and Missouri Southern State University. He was a team captain, community liaison, and representative on the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC). Hadley earned a Bachelor of Science in communications with an emphasis in public relations from Missouri Southern State University in 2017 and a Master of Science from the nationally ranked Sport Management program at Texas A&M University in 2019. Early in his career, Hadley led the Enrichment Committee for Student-Athlete Services at Texas A&M and participated as a member of the NBA-N4A Advisory Board from 2020 to 2022. He also led the SEC men’s basketball monthly academic meetings from 2020 to 2022.Â
Josh is a proud first-generation college graduate who is a native of the Bay Area of Northern California. His favorite professional teams are the Golden State Warriors, Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco Giants. He loves music, reading, working out, and cooking. He collects Marvel comics and Vinyl records.
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