John Heisler spent more than 40 years as a member of the University of Notre Dame athletics staff. He most recently served 14 years as senior associate athletics director in South Bend. His tenure there also included 16 years as the university’s sports information director beginning in 1988. Heisler has written, co-written or edited 12 books (all but one of those on Notre Dame football), one of them, co-authored with Lou Holtz, a New York Times bestseller. Heisler joined the University of Central Florida athletics staff as senior associate athletics director for strategic communications in July 2019.

John Heisler spent more than 40 years as a member of the University of Notre Dame athletics staff. He most recently served 14 years as senior associate athletics director in South Bend. His tenure there also included 16 years as the university’s sports information director beginning in 1988. Heisler has written, co-written or edited 12 books (all but one of those on Notre Dame football), one of them, co-authored with Lou Holtz, a New York Times bestseller. Heisler joined the University of Central Florida athletics staff as senior associate athletics director for strategic communications in July 2019.