Chris Chung serves as Senior Associate Athletic Director, Revenue and Contract Management, a newly created position that will enhance the department’s growing efforts in supporting student-athletes through Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) and revenue share opportunities.
In his role, Chung manages institutional NIL agreements and leads contract negotiations while also serving as a liaison for external NIL opportunities, ensuring seamless process development. He oversees the cap management system and clearinghouse reporting to ensure compliance with allocated funds and NIL governance. Chung will also model and forecast both short and long-term projections for revenue distributions.
Chung joined Rutgers Athletics on a full-time basis after serving as a contract attorney to the department, where he drafted, structured, and negotiated revenue share agreements. He also advised on name, image and likeness (NIL) compliance and collaborated on internal policies to govern revenue share agreements.
Previously, Chung worked as a corporate associate at Polsinelli PC, where he advised major clients across sports and entertainment. His portfolio included supporting the Big 12 Conference through its commissioner search and realignment efforts, counseling the Kansas City Chiefs on partnership agreements, and assisting Cleveland Pro Soccer with its expansion to MLS Next Pro. He also provided strategic guidance on media rights, conference-wide governance, and expansion agreements for several collegiate conferences.
Prior to his time at Polsinelli, Chung worked as a corporate associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the world’s highest-grossing law firm, where he advised private equity sponsors on mergers and acquisitions and debt financing transactions mainly in the tech industry.
Chung earned three degrees from the University of Notre Dame. He completed his undergraduate degree in sociology and pre-medicine before earning both his Juris Doctor and MBA in South Bend.
