USF Athletics

Kelly Announces Additions of Prado and Hall to Senior Athletics Leadership Team

September 06, 2018

TAMPA, Sept. 6, 2018 – USF Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly today announced two appointments to the Athletics senior leadership team, naming Lelo Prado as Deputy Director of Athletics/Development and Brandon Hall as Senior Associate Athletic Director/Chief Financial Officer.
 
"I am thrilled to add Lelo Prado and Brandon Hall to our Athletics senior leadership team," Kelly said. "Lelo is deeply connected in the Tampa Bay community as well as to USF Athletics and brings a unique blend of fundraising and coaching experience that will be extremely helpful to me and our program. Brandon is a rising star in collegiate athletics administration who has honed his skill set at all levels of intercollegiate athletics, and, following his time at Oklahoma, is an experienced financial administrator of major athletic capital projects."
 
Prado rejoins USF Athletics after a successful eight-year tenure as the head coach of the Bulls' baseball program (2007-14) and a previous stint serving as USF Associate Director of Athletics for Administration and External Services (2014-17). Prior to rejoining USF, Prado served as Assistant Vice President/Market Development Officer for Republic Bank in Tampa.
 
In his new role in USF Athletics, Prado will oversee all of athletic fundraising efforts and will direct sports oversight programs to ensure effective compliance and collaboration with head coaches and sports supervisors.
 
Prado previously spent 26 seasons as a collegiate head coach, posting nearly 850 wins (849-639-2) while leading the baseball programs at the University of Tampa (1989-1995), the University of Louisville (1996-2006) and USF. Prado earned five conference coach of the year honors during his career, including being named the 2009 Big East Coach of the Year. In his 19 seasons at the Division I level, his teams posted 12 30-win seasons, including five at USF as he logged 250 wins leading the Bulls. Prado led Louisville to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in baseball in 2002 and his 320 victories leading the Cardinals made him that program's all-time winningest baseball coach when he departed. Prado also led the University of Tampa baseball program to back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships in 1992 and 1993 while posting a sterling 278-124-1 record.

Hall comes to USF from the University of Oklahoma, where he worked for the last six years, completing his tenure with the Sooners as the Assistant Athletic Director for Business Operations. Hall also represented Oklahoma on the Big XII CFO council. Hall previously worked in the athletic business offices at the College of William & Mary (2010-2012) and Radford University (2007-2010).
 
In his position at USF, Hall will oversee the entire USF Athletics business operation, including financing, budgeting, processing and reporting.
 
About USF Athletics
USF Athletics sponsors 19 varsity men's and women's teams that compete in 11 different sports, 18 at the NCAA Division I level in the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls' athletic program began in 1965 and is in its 53^rd season in 2018-19. Nearly 500 student-athletes train and compete in the athletic district located on the east end of the campus in Tampa, Fla. The Bulls have claimed 15 American Athletic Conference team titles since joining the conference in 2013, including at least three in each of the last three seasons, and own 112 conference championships overall. Nine USF programs reached national post-season competition in the 2017-18 season and six were ranked in the Top 25 nationally. The Bulls posted a combined annual grade-point average over 3.0 for the third straight year in 2017-18 and have posted a program record seven straight semesters with a combined GPA over 3.0. USF has seen more than 180 student-athletes earn their degree in the last two years.

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