Todd TurnerWilliam Tarlton "Todd" Turner is a former athletic director of the University of Washington.Early life and educationTurner was born and raised in Raleigh, [North Carolina] and graduated from University of [North Carolina at Chapel Hill] and Ohio University.CareerUpon graduating from Ohio State University, Turner accepted an athletic director position at the University of Connecticut from 1987 to 1990. He left the institution in 1990 to accept a similar position at N.C. State. He remained at N.C. State until 1996. Turner resigned from his AD position at the University of Washington in 2008 after three-and-a-half-years.Personal lifeTurner and his wife Sara Newbold, who is also from Raleigh, have four children together.