Hunter Sims is in his first season as General Manager at Old Dominion.
Sims spent the 2024 season as the director of defensive recruiting at Tulane. He helped the Green Wave to a 9-5 record.
“Hunter brings a fresh perspective to our player development and retention department,” Rahne said. “His role will be wide ranging but will have primary focus on helping our program acquire and retain talented student-athletes.”
In 2023, Sims worked at Troy as a defensive graduate assistant, working primarily with the linebackers. The Trojans went 11-3 and won the Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Sims got his coaching start at the University of the Cumberlands as a student assistant working with the wide receivers. Following his year there, he spent three years at Meadowcreek High School (Ga.) coaching the wide receivers and quarterbacks.
Sims began his collegiate career at Hutchinson CC before transferring to the University of the Cumberlands to play wide receivers. He earned his undergraduate degree in coaching at Cumberlands and his master’s degree from Troy in 2024.