South Carolina is set to hire TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati as its new AD, sources confirmed to ESPN's Pete Thamel on Wednesday.

According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel and Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, South Carolina is targeting TCU’s Jeremiah Donati for its athletic director position. Donati would take over a gig that opened when South Carolina’s Ray Tanner took on a new role as the school’s athletic director emeritus and senior advisor to the school’s president.

South Carolina will hire TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati as its new athletic director, according to a person with direct knowledge of the hire.

TCU athletics director Jeremiah Donati is reportedly headed to the SEC. Multiple reports from college football insiders Ross Dellenger, Brett McMurphy and Pete Thamel say that the University of South Carolina is close to finalizing a deal to hire Donati as its next athletics director.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina is expected to hire Jeremiah Donati from Texas Christian University as the new athletic director, according to multiple media reports. The news was first reported by John Brice of FootballScoop and ESPN's Pete Thamel.

South Carolina conducted a multi-name national search for its replacement for athletic director Ray Tanner, and has zeroed in on TCU's Jeremiah Donati.

M ultiple reports released on Wednesday indicate that TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati is expected to become the new athletic director at South Carolina. FootballScoop’s Jo