CLEMSON — A former Clemson athletic director is set to retire from the world of college athletics.

Dan Radakovich, who played a huge role in building Clemson as an athletic powerhouse for almost a decade, is expected to retire, sources confirmed to The Clemson Insider on Friday night. Radakovich, 67, is currently the athletic director at the University of Miami in Florida, but sources tell TCI he is expected to announce his retirement as early as next week.

One source told TCI that Radakovich is “riding into the sunset.”

TCI also learned that Radakovich plans to retire in Clemson when he officially calls it a career, but will also spend a lot of time in Atlanta, so he can spend more time with his boys and his granddaughter.

Radakovich has also been an athletic director at American University and Georgia Tech, where he spent six years before coming to Clemson.

During his nine years at Clemson from 2012-’21, Radakovich helped complete more than $180 million in facility enhancements, headlined by a rebuilt Littlejohn Coliseum, the Reeves Football Operations Complex, the Duckworth Family Tennis Center, baseball’s operations facility at Doug Kingsmore Stadium and McWhorter Stadium (the softball complex).

The veteran administrator helped oversee the rise of the Clemson Football Program under head coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers won two national championships in football in 2016 and 2018 and played for it two other times (2015 and 2019).

The Tigers also went to the College Football Playoff for six straight years with Radakovich running the athletic department.

Clemson’s revenue nearly doubled during Radakovich’s time in Clemson, as it went up from $69 million in 2014 to $120 million by 2019. During his tenure, IPTAY saw more than $200 million in contributions and he was instrumental in the Cornerstone Partner Program, which together helped fund more than $80 million in scholarships and numerous investments in the student-athlete experience.

During his time in Clemson, the athletic department set a school record for the highest score in the NCAA’s graduation success rate at 93 percent in 2020, while a school-record seven programs were recognized by the NCAA for outstanding APR. Clemson was at 91 percent or higher for seven straight years.

The highlight of the 2018-19 academic year was a second football national championship in three years, as Clemson beat Alabama 44-16 in the national championship game in Santa Clara, Calif. During the 2017-18 academic year, Clemson became the first school in history to reach the College Football Playoff, advance to the Sweet 16 of the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament and host a baseball regional.

College football entered a new era in 2014 with the College Football Playoff, and Radakovich was at the forefront. He was one of 13 people, including one of only five FBS directors of athletics, to be named to the committee.

Radakovich’s career spans 43 years as an athletic administrator, which also included stops at LSU, South Carolina and Long Beach State.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney takes a photo with former Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich (left) and Radakovich’s wife, Marcie, when Miami last visited Memorial Stadium for a football game in 2022. Radakovich has been the athletic director at Miami since 2021. (Bart Boatwright/The Clemson Insider)