The Georgia Tech athletic department received an early holiday gift this week.
Tech athletic director Ryan Alpert announced Thursday on 680 The Fan that Tech athletics received two separate gifts of $10 million each. The gifts, Alpert said, were made by two different families who wished to remain anonymous.
“We talk about investing in the future of Georgia Tech athletics, 14 months ago we launched the Full Steam Ahead campaign, a $500 million fundraising campaign to invest in what the future of winning looks like at Georgia Tech. We’re over $90 million (since the Full Steam Initiative went public) on the way to that $500 million goal,” Alpert added. “Success breeds success. We don’t want this to be a one year, 9-3 (football record), and we want to continue to have comprehensive excellence. What does it take? It takes resources and building a plan and excited about our future.”
Tech hired Alpert from Tennessee in July. He took over for J Batt, who left Tech to become the athletic director at Michigan State.
Alpert’s announcement came Thursday morning from the Brock Football Practice Facility as the Yellow Jackets continued to prepare to play BYU in the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Dec. 27 in Orlando, Florida. The Jackets began the season 8-0 and were in the hunt to make the ACC championship game and the College Football Playoff before losing three of their final four games.
Financial gifts such as the ones Tech received this week are a major component to Tech continuing such success in the future.
“I need to generate the revenue that it takes to continue to invest in success from a college athletics standpoint,” Alpert added. “That’s 1A for me, to be able to generate the resources what we need to invest into our programs to compete and win.”
According to a release, Tech athletics is on pace set a fundraising record in the 2026 fiscal year, as donor participation is up 21% in six months since the fiscal year began July 1. Since the public launch of Full Steam Ahead in October of 2024, Tech athletics has received nearly $90 million in new commitments to the initiative in addition to the $300 million that had been raised before the public launch of the campaign.
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