Frank Hardymon, whose 20 years of experience in college athletics administration includes nearly seven years as Georgia Tech athletics’ chief financial officer, returned to The Flats as executive associate athletics director/CFO, beginning in March 2025.
Hardymon returned to Georgia Tech and college athletics after spending 11 years in campus administration, first as assistant vice president/business and finance at Columbus State University (2014-19) and, most recently, as vice president/business and finance at Georgia Gwinnett College (2019-25).
Highlighting his 20-plus years in athletics administration, Hardymon was Georgia Tech’s associate A.D./CFO from January 2008-August 2014. During his first tenure with the Yellow Jackets, he developed a plan to fund $100 million in facilities enhancements. He also served on the Atlantic Coast Conference’s finance committee and committee on committees. In 2011, he was named National Manager of the Year by the College Athletics Business Management Association.
Prior to his arrival at Tech, Hardymon began his career in athletics administration with stints at Villanova (1994-97), where he served as coordinator of corporate finance and associate business manager, and William & Mary (1997-2008), where he was assistant A.D./business affairs before being elevated to associate A.D/external and business affairs.
Hardymon’s professional experience also includes serving as an intercollegiate athletics financial consultant, which featured performing a financial review for the University of Louisiana-Lafayette athletics department in 2015-16, as well as graduating from the University System of Georgia’s Executive Leadership Institute program in 2016.
Hardymon majored in finance and minored in economics at Kentucky, where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1987. He earned master’s degrees from DePaul (M.B.A. – marketing management, 1992) and Georgia (M.Ed. – sport management, 1994). He and his wife, Lisa Tidwell Hardymon (a Georgia Tech alumna) have two grown daughters, Emma and Grace.
