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{{Short description|American football player and administrator (born 1977)}}
{{Distinguish|Chris Mackintosh}}
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| name               = Chris McIntosh
| image              = Chris McIntosh (54072153279) 1.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = McIntosh in 2024
| current_title      = [[Athletic director]]
| current_team       = [[Wisconsin Badgers|Wisconsin]]
| current_conference = [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
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| contract           = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1977|2|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Pewaukee, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| alma_mater         = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
| player_years1      = 1996–1999
| player_team1       = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]
| player_years2      = 2000–2002
| player_team2       = [[Seattle Seahawks]]
| player_positions   = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Offensive tackle]]
| admin_years1       = 2014–2016
| admin_team1        = [[Wisconsin Badgers|Wisconsin]] {{small|(Director of business development)}}
| admin_years2       = 2016–2017
| admin_team2        = Wisconsin {{small|(Associate athletic director for business development)}}
| admin_years3       = 2017–2021
| admin_team3        = Wisconsin (Deputy AD)
| admin_years4       = 2021–present
| admin_team4        = Wisconsin
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| awards             = 
; As a player
* [[Touchdown Club of Columbus#Jim Parker Trophy|Jim Parker Trophy]] (1999)
* [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1999 College Football All-America Team|1999]])
* [[Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year]] (1999)
* First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1999 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1999]])
* Second-team All-Big Ten ([[1998 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1998]])
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| name          = Chris McIntosh
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| caption       = McIntosh in 2023
| number        = 75
| position      = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Offensive tackle]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1977|2|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Pewaukee, Wisconsin]], U.S.
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| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 6
| weight_lb     = 315
| high_school   = [[Pewaukee High School|Pewaukee]] <br> 
| college       = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]] (1996–1999)
| draftyear     = 2000
| draftround    = 1
| draftpick     = 22
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* [[Seattle Seahawks]] ({{NFL Year|2000|2002}})
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* [[Wisconsin Badgers|Wisconsin]] (2014–2016) <br> Director of business development
* Wisconsin (2016–2017) <br> Associate athletic director for business development
* Wisconsin (2017–2021) <br> Deputy athletic director
* Wisconsin (2021–present) <br> Athletic director
| highlights    = 
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1999 College Football All-America Team|1999]])
* [[Big Ten Conference football individual awards#Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year|Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year]] (1999)
* First-team All-[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] ([[1999 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1999]])
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'''Chris McIntosh''' (born February 20, 1977) is an American college athletics administrator, businessman, and former [[American football|football]] player who is the current athletic director at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://uwbadgers.com/staff-directory/chris-mcintosh/623|title= Wisconsin Athletics Staff Directory|author=<!--Not stated--> |website= uwbadgers.com|publisher= University of Wisconsin Athletic Department|access-date= 9 September 2021}}</ref> He played professionally as a [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|tackle]] for the [[Seattle Seahawks]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL)

He played [[college football]] as an [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]] for the [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin Badgers]], earning a consensus [[unanimous All-American]] selection, [[Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year]] and a [[2000 Rose Bowl]] victory. McIntosh was selected by the Seahawks in the first round of the [[2000 NFL draft]]. He played for parts of three seasons but suffered a neck injury in 2001 which derailed his career and led him to retire from football before the start of the [[2003 NFL season|2003 season]]. Upon his retirement from the NFL, McIntosh pursued various unsuccessful business ventures in the private sector before returning to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he would quickly rise to become deputy athletic director before being selected to succeed longtime athletic director and former head football coach [[Barry Alvarez]] upon Alvarez's retirement.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://apnews.com/article/seattle-seahawks-wisconsin-college-football-nfl-sports-88b2c788eb774d0abb76a0d4e3dbb6b4|title= Wisconsin promotes Chris McIntosh to replace Alvarez as AD|last= Megargee|first= Steve|date= 2 June 2021|website= AP News|publisher= The Associated Press|access-date= 9 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/football/read-chris-mcintoshs-cover-letter-resume-for-the-wisconsin-athletic-director-job/article_5733ba10-93e8-5610-b04f-d9b8bc5275b0.html|title= Read Chris McIntosh's cover letter, resume for the Wisconsin athletic director job|last= Milewski|first= Todd|date= 24 July 2021|website= madison.com|publisher= Wisconsin State Journal|access-date= 9 September 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
McIntosh was born and raised in [[Pewaukee, Wisconsin]]. He attended [[Pewaukee High School]] and played for the Pewaukee Pirates [[high school football]] team.

==College career==
McIntosh attended the [[University of Wisconsin]] on a full football scholarship and was a standout tackle for the [[Wisconsin Badgers football]] team from 1996 to 1999. As a senior and team captain in 1999, he was selected as first-team All-Big Ten, won the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year award, and was a consensus first-team All-American.<ref>''2011 NCAA Football Records Book'', [http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Awards.pdf  Award Winners], National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. 11 (2011). Retrieved June 25, 2012.</ref> McIntosh was a key member of the Badgers' back-to-back [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] winning teams in 1999 and 2000 and was inducted in the UW Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/athletic-dept/hall-fame.html?search=2014#|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department|accessdate=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205165744/http://www.uwbadgers.com/athletic-dept/hall-fame.html?search=2014|archive-date=December 5, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Professional career==
[[File:Chris McIntosh (cropped).jpg|thumb|McIntosh with the Seattle Seahawks in 2000]]
McIntosh was selected along with [[Shaun Alexander]] by the Seahawks in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> As the 22nd overall pick, he was met with high expectations and seen as a potential long term anchor on the Seahawks' offensive line. McIntosh's playing time increased throughout the [[2000 Seattle Seahawks season|2000 season]] and he would go on to start 10 games during his rookie season. In 2001, however, he suffered a neck injury in training camp that limited him to just three starts. McIntosh continued to suffer from neck issues the following year and would never return to his pre-injury level of production - leading to his retirement from the NFL just before the 2003 season after an unsuccessful comeback attempt.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.fieldgulls.com/2011/4/4/2089575/top-10-draft-busts-in-seattle-seahawks-history-10-chris-mcintosh|title= Top 10 Draft Busts in Seattle Seahawks History: #10 - Chris McIntosh|last= Kelly|first= Danny|date= 4 April 2011|publisher= SBNation|access-date= 9 September 2021}}</ref>

==Post-playing career==
[[File:Chris McIntosh at Mike Hastings press event (April 3, 2023) 5771 (1).jpg|thumb|McIntosh in 2023]]

After his playing career ended, McIntosh entered the business world where he pursued various start-up ventures focused primarily in health and wellness-related industries. In 2014, he returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the director of business development in the Wisconsin Athletic Department.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris McIntosh a rising star in the Wisconsin athletic department |url=https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/badgers/chris-mcintosh-a-rising-star-in-the-wisconsin-athletic-department-b99702296z1-375853041.html/ |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> McIntosh was quickly promoted to deputy athletic director in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris McIntosh promoted to UW's deputy athletic director |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2017/07/05/chris-mcintosh-promoted-uws-deputy-athletic-director/453718001/ |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> During his time at the Wisconsin Athletic Department under athletic director Barry Alvarez, McIntosh oversaw the hiring of notable Wisconsin coaches [[Greg Gard]] and [[Paul Chryst]], helped establish and expand the Inclusion and Engagement unit and Department of Clinical & Sport Psychology, served as Government Affairs liaison, and played a key role in the identification of financial threats posed by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

When Alvarez announced his retirement in April 2021, a national search was launched to replace Alvarez as Wisconsin's athletic director. As deputy athletic director at the time, McIntosh was seen as the frontrunner to land the athletic director job having been groomed for the position by Alvarez. Chancellor [[Rebecca Blank]] announced on June 2, 2021, that he had in fact been selected as Alvarez's successor. McIntosh is just the third athletic director at Wisconsin since 1989 and follows the long tenures of [[Pat Richter]] and Alvarez, each of whom oversaw a continuous rise of many of Wisconsin's athletic programs to national prominence beginning in the 1990s. Upon his promotion, McIntosh said "“Barry and Pat caused our program to be risen out of the ashes...The challenges are different today. The context is different today. It will require a different style of leadership, a different approach. I’m confident that the approach we take will position us well in the future.”<ref>{{cite web |url= https://apnews.com/article/seattle-seahawks-wisconsin-college-football-nfl-sports-88b2c788eb774d0abb76a0d4e3dbb6b4|title= Wisconsin promotes Chris McIntosh to replace Alvarez as AD|last= Megargee|first= Steve|date= 2 June 2021|website= AP News|publisher= The Associated Press|access-date= 9 September 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://uwbadgers.com/staff-directory/chris-mcintosh/623 Wisconsin profile]

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