List of Arizona State University alumni
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This is a list of notable alumni of Arizona State University.
The list of ASU alumni in academia includes academic administrators as well as academics in the fields of business, education, the humanities and social sciences.
Arts and media
The list of ASU alumni in arts and media includes the fields of art (including architecture and photography), entertainment, journalism, literature and music.
Athletes
The list of ASU athletes includes players on ASU varsity sports programs. Some programs with many alumni have their own lists:
Business
| Name | Class year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J. Ahearn | (BS, JD) | CEO of First Solar and company director | [1] |
| Robert Bigelow | Hotel and aerospace entrepreneur | [2] | |
| Michael R. Burns | Vice chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. | [3] | |
| James Chippendale | Business executive | [4] | |
| Chris Cohan | 1973 | Founder of Sonic Communications, former owner of the Golden State Warriors | [5] |
| Chris Cookson | 1970 | President of Sony Pictures Technologies | [6][7] |
| Chris Cottrell | Businessman | [8] | |
| Louis E. Crandall | Founder of Legend City | [9] | |
| Diana Yazzie Devine | 1999 (MBA) | Nonprofit manager | [6] |
| Fred DuVal | (JD) | Political consultant, businessman, member and chair of the Arizona Board of Regents | [10][11] |
| Vince Ferraro | (MBA) | Executive for Hewlett-Packard and Eastman Kodak | [12] |
| Randall C. Fowler | 1965 (MSE) | Inventor | [13] |
| Ira A. Fulton | N/a | Businessman, founder of Fulton Homes (attended) | [14] |
| Kara Goldin | 1989 | Businesswoman | [3] |
| Barbara Grant | Executive at IBM and CEO of Siros Technologies | [15] | |
| Christian Hageseth | Cannabis entrepreneur | [16] | |
| Robert Hecht-Nielsen | 1971 | Businessman, computer developer and adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering, University of California, San Diego | [3][17] |
| Chad Horstman | 2001 | Co-founder of Yandy.com | [18] |
| Todd Huffman | 2006 (MS) | Co-founder of 3Scan, inventor, photographer | [19] |
| Vani Kola | 1987 | Entrepreneur and venture capitalist in India | [20] |
| Howard Lindzon | 1991 (MBA) | Author and founder of StockTwits | [21][22] |
| Rex Maughan | 1962 | Founder and CEO of Forever Living Products, a multi-level marketing company | [6][23] |
| T. Allan McArtor | 1971 (MSE) | Aviation executive | [3][24] |
| Ioanna Morfessis | 1996 (PhD) | Economic development leader | [25][26] |
| Paige Mycoskie | Founder of the fashion brand Aviator Nation | [27] | |
| Cheryl Najafi | Entrepreneur | [28] | |
| Murugan Pal | (MS) | Entrepreneur and software developer | [29] |
| Joe Shoen | 1981 (JD) | Chairman of Amerco; chairman and president of U-Haul | [30][31] |
| Andy Spade | Co-founder of Kate Spade New York | [32] | |
| Kate Spade | 1985 | Fashion designer, business owner; co-founder of Kate Spade New York | [33] |
| Kim Taylor | 2005 | Entrepreneur | [34][35] |
| Gary L. Tooker | 1962 | Corporate executive | [3][36] |
| Ryan Wood | 1996 | Football player, co-founder of Under Armour | [30] |
Coaches and athletic administrators
| Name | Class year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Anders | 2019 (MSLB) | Major League Baseball development coach | [37][38] |
| Pete Babcock | Basketball executive | [39] | |
| Sandra Baldwin | 1962[a] | President of the United States Olympic Committee, 2000–2002 | [40] |
| Jim Brock | Baseball coach and two-time national champion in 23 seasons at ASU | [41] | |
| Greg Byrne | 1994 | Athletic director | [42] |
| Mike Candrea | 1978 | Coached Arizona Wildcats softball for 36 seasons to eight national titles and retired as the all-time winningest coach in college softball; coached Olympic softball | [43] |
| Gary Close | 1978 | Assistant college basketball coach at Stanford, Iowa and Wisconsin | [44] |
| Loren Dawson | 1993 | College and high school football coach | [45] |
| Kenny Dillingham | 2013 | Head coach of ASU football, 2023– | [30][46] |
| Bobby Douglas | 1980 (MA) | Wrestler and wrestling coach at Arizona State and Iowa State | [47] |
| Herman Frazier | 1977 | Track athlete and Olympic gold medalist; graduate assistant and ASU athletic director, later of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Syracuse University | [3][48] |
| Kathy Gibbons | 1980 (MS) | Distance runner and cross country and track and field coach at the University of Colorado | [49] |
| David Griffin | 1995 | Basketball executive | [50] |
| Derrick Hall | 1991 | President and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks | [51] |
| Kyle Hawkins | Lacrosse coach | [52] | |
| Barbara Hedges | Athletic director at USC and Washington | [53] | |
| Jonathan Kolb | Basketball executive | [54] | |
| George McCaskey | 1978 | Chairman of the Chicago Bears | [55] |
| Aaron McCreary | 1915 | Athletic director and coach at Arizona State College at Tempe, 1923–1931; athletic director and coach at Arizona State Teachers College (now Northern Arizona University), 1931–1963 | [56] |
| Jim Phillips | 1992 (MPA) | Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference | [57] |
| Greg Powers | 1999 | ASU men's ice hockey coach | [30] |
| Graham Rossini | 2002 | ASU athletic director, 2024– | [58] |
| Joel Sobotka | 1993 | College and high school basketball coach | [59] |
| Gene Taylor | 1980 | Athletic director at Kansas State University | [60] |
| Bobby Valentine | N/a | Baseball manager; attended courses at ASU while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers | [61] |
| Linda Vollstedt | 1969 | ASU women's golf coach, 1980–2001 | [62] |
| Kevin Warren | 1988 (MBA) | President of the Chicago Bears, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference | [6][63][64] |
| Ralph Weekly | 1973 | Softball coach at Pacific Lutheran, Chattanooga, and Tennessee; Team USA coach | [65] |
| Sam Winningham | (MA) | Football coach at Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge), professor | [66][67] |
Government and politics
The list of ASU alumni in government and politics includes federal legislators and people in other federal offices; people in Arizona statewide offices, the Arizona Legislature, and other Arizona offices; people in government offices in states other than Arizona, tribal governments, and internationally; and social activists.
Law
Military
| Name | Class year | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| William P. Acker | 1959 (MA) | U.S. Air Force major general | [115] |
| John J. Batbie Jr. | 1973 | U.S. Air Force major general | [116] |
| Stanley C. Beck | N/a | U.S. Air Force major general (attended) | [117] |
| Shawn Bratton | 1993 | U.S. Space Force general | [118] |
| Philip M. Breedlove | 1991 (MS) | U.S. Air Force four-star general | [119] |
| Ryan Cleckner | 2008 | Army sniper, veterans activist | [120] |
| John F. Goodman | 1970 | U.S. Marine Corps three-star general | [3] |
| Terry Holdbrooks | Guard at Guantanamo Bay detention camp | [121] | |
| John C. Keegan | 1975 | Army soldier and Naval Reserve commander; justice of the peace, Arizona state representative | [122] |
| Robert Maloy | N/a | U.S. Air Force major general (attended) | [123] |
| John L. Piotrowski | N/a | U.S. Air Force four-star general (attended) | [124] |
| Michael A. Ryan | 1981 | U.S. Army brigadier general | [125][126] |
| Jeremy Staat | 2009 | U.S. Marine Corps, served in Iraq; football player, drafted 1998 | [127][128] |
| Margaret H. Woodward | 1982 | U.S. Air Force major general | [129] |
| Daniel Yoo | 1980 | U.S. Marine Corps, commander of MARSOC | [3] |
| Pat Tillman | 1997 | U.S. Army, Rangers Corporal (Posthumous promotion following 2004 fratricide in Operation Enduring Freedom); NFL Cardinals starting safety (1998-2001) | [130] |
Science and technology
The list of ASU alumni in arts and media includes the fields of mathematics, medicine, engineering, science, and technology.
