Temple AD Pat Kraft has "agreed to become" the new AD at Boston College, according to sources cited by Pete Thamel of YAHOO SPORTS. Sources said that Kraft has "agreed to a five-year contract with the school." Kraft, an SBJ "Forty Under 40" honoree in '16, will "replace Martin Jarmond, who left Boston College for UCLA nearly two weeks ago." He has been the "favorite for the job since it opened, with his experience shepherding Temple’s football program to become a perennial bowl team and conference title contender his most attractive quality." With BC having "significantly increased its investment in football since the hiring of first-year coach Jeff Hafley, BC was in search of an administrator with experience in maximizing a football program." Boston College also "valued Kraft’s experience as a sitting athletic director in a similar big-city market in the Northeast." Kraft brings "strong football experience, as he played at Indiana and was in lockstep with former Temple coach Matt Rhule as the program experienced unprecedented success" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 6/3).
