WESTWOOD\u00ad\u2500Martin Jarmond, 39, former Athletic Director at Boston college took on duties as UCLA Bruins Athletic Director on Wednesday, July 1. Jarmaond talked with The Den Operations Club, UCLA\u2019s Official Student Section on the first day of his tenure and launched MJ Listens, a platform to hear from students, faculty, staff, and alumni.<\/p>\n
Jarmond has previously worked at Michigan State University, Ohio State University, and Boston College. He is the ninth Athletic Director at UCLA and the first one who has no prior relationship with the University. Jarmaond is expected to lead Bruins athletes going through the COVID-19 pandemic, and also face the challenge that Under Armour has terminated its apparel contract with UCLA.<\/p>\n
\u201cI recognize that this is a time of uncertainty for all of us. The coming months still hold many unknowns, and you have questions that I probably can’t answer right now,\u201d said Jarmond. \u201cAs we move forward, however, my intention is to write to you regularly over the course of the next few months and share updates as often as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jarmaond mentioned that MJ Listens will serve as a platform for the UCLA community to express their thoughts and concerns regarding the UCLA Athletics.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhirlwind. That\u2019s the word that comes to mind. Everything was virtual and you know this was not something a month and a half ago I saw myself doing,\u201d said Jarmaond in an interview with Pac-12 Networks. \u201cI\u2019m gonna bring the energy. I\u2019m passionate about serving student-athletes. I was a former student-athlete. My experience that I had and how it shaped me that\u2019s what I want to do for all of our student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WESTWOOD\u00ad\u2500Martin Jarmond, 39, former Athletic Director at Boston college took on duties as UCLA Bruins Athletic Director on Wednesday, July 1. Jarmaond talked with The Den Operations Club, UCLA\u2019s Official Student Section on the first day of his tenure and launched MJ Listens, a platform to hear from students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Jarmond has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":122318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,21],"tags":[26925,27940,10680,941,11477],"class_list":["post-122299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ucla","category-westwood","tag-athletic-director","tag-martin-jarmond","tag-ucla","tag-ucla-athletics","tag-ucla-bruins"],"yoast_head":"\n