Cobb Named Director of Athletics at Georgia State

Release from Georgia State Media Relations:

ATLANTA — Charlie Cobb, director of athletics at Appalachian State University for the past nine years, has been named director of athletics at Georgia State University.

Cobb’s salary will be $300,000 with potential bonuses for academic and athletic achievements. He signed a five-year contract with an option for an additional two years.

Cobb succeeds Cheryl Levick, who stepped down as director of athletics in May to take a position as special assistant to President Mark Becker. Cobb was selected after a national search.

Prior to joining Appalachian State, Cobb, 46, was senior associate athletics director for external operations at North Carolina State University for seven years. During his tenure the Wolfpack increased football season-ticket sales by 87 percent and men’s basketball season-ticket sales by 121 percent.

Before joining North Carolina State in 1998, Cobb spent six years in Atlanta where he held positions with the Atlanta Sports Council, the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl and the Georgia Dome. He was instrumental in bringing major national events, such as the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) football championship, and the SEC and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball championships to Atlanta.