Blue Hose AD Acunto leaving PC for Fresno State

Rob Acunto

Presbyterian College Athletic Director Rob Acunto has been hired as deputy director of athletics at Fresno State, the California school announced Tuesday.

Acunto arrived at PC in 2019 after stops at Texas-El Paso (UTEP), The Citadel, American University, Cornell and the Atlantic 10 Conference. Fresno State is a member of the Mountain West Conference with universities such as Wyoming, Hawaii, UNLV and San Diego State.

At Fresno State, Acunto will oversee all internal operations, including but not limited to compliance, academic services, human resources and personnel, and sports administration.

Finding a new leader for PC’s athletic department, which competes in the Big South Conference in most sports and the Division I non-scholarship Pioneer Football League in football, will be among the first duties for newly minted PC President Anita Gustafson. Gustafson officially took over as PC’s 20th president Tuesday.

Acunto brings over 25 years of experience in all aspects of intercollegiate athletics to Fresno State. He spent the last four years as Athletic Director at Presbyterian College (2019-23). He had prior stops at UTEP, The Citadel, American University, Cornell, and the Atlantic 10 Conference.

“I am excited to add Rob Acunto to the Bulldog family,” said Tumey. “Rob has a myriad of different experiences throughout his career and his leadership will help to advance our athletic programs during an incredibly important time period as we continue our efforts with the Elevate campaign.”