Mizzou hires "Director of Football Strategy and Finanace"
The Missouri Tigers have hired Guarav Verma as the football program’s first Director of Football Strategy and Finance.
The position will handle roster management and revenue sharing, essentially a general manager position.
Verma recently worked for the Denver Broncos as a salary cap specialist and brings a long history of experience in sports finance, data analystics and investment banking.
The program listed the position’s responsibilities as:
- Roster, scholarship and revenue cap planning
- Talent evaluation and scouting operations
- Recruiting calendar and logistics
- Analytics and recruiting infrastructure
- Compliance, NIL and interdepartmental collaboration.
“We are really excited to add Gaurav to our program,” Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz said in a team statement. “His NFL experience, as well as his business background, will help us navigate revenue sharing and contract management.”
Verma will report directly to Drinkwitz, while collaborating with the coaching staff, recruiting staff, compliance department, athletics administration and Ever True Tiger Brands.
“I’m thrilled to join Mizzou Football at such a transformative time,” Verma said. “With college football evolving rapidly through revenue sharing and strategic roster management, I’m excited to apply my background in finance and the NFL to help Mizzou build sustainably competitive teams on the sport’s biggest stage – the SEC. I want to thank Coach Drinkwitz for this opportunity and can’t wait to help build on the program’s success as we compete for national championships.”
Verma grew up in Boston and got an MBA in Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Johns Hopkins University.