Barely a month after the USF Board of Trustees formally approved the expenditure of $407 million for construction of its on-campus stadium, the athletic director who presided over the project’s evolution is leaving.

Michael Kelly, who was announced as the new Naval Academy athletic director on Wednesday, met with the media on Thursday.

Michael Kelly, the transformative Vice President for Athletics at the University of South Florida (USF) since 2018, has accepted the position of Athletic Director at the United States Naval Academy. His departure marks the end of a highly successful tenure at USF,