Bret Cowley, who previously spent six years on Georgia Tech athletics’ staff from 2012-18, returned to The Flats in 2022 as assistant athletics director for compliance. He was promoted to associate athletics director in 2024.
In his role, Cowley oversees the day-to-day operations of Georgia Tech’s compliance office. He returned to Tech in ’22 after spending four years as assistant A.D./compliance at Kennesaw State.
Cowley originally joined Georgia Tech athletics’ compliance staff in 2013. He was promoted to director of compliance in 2017 before taking the assistant A.D. role at Kennesaw State in 2019.
Prior to his first stint at Tech, Cowley spent six years in the compliance office at Florida State. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Middle Tennessee (2004) and a master’s degree in higher education administration from Florida State (2007).
Cowley and his wife, Katie (a Georgia Tech alumna), reside in Atlanta with their daughter, Lilly.
