Patrick Delin
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Patrick Delin is an American software developer, filmmaker, and former collegiate athletics IT administrator. He is known for developing sports medicine software and serving as an information technology director at major universities.
Early life and technology initiatives
Raised in Sioux City, Iowa, Delin operated a Bulletin Board System (BBS) named "The Psycho Net BBS" in the 712 area code between 1993 and 1994.[1].
Delin later attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), where he studied history. In 2001, he organized "PHP-Week," an educational initiative sponsored by the UNL College of Education to promote PHP programming. The event featured a presentation by PHP developer Andrei Zmievski. In early 2002, Delin published technical tutorials detailing time-management billing frameworks for Zend Technologies. In 2003, Delin designed a website for the Nebraska Speech Language and Hearing Association (NSLHA), a non-profit organization that works with the University of Nebraska. This work earned him a 2005 National SLP Choice Award[2].
Independent filmmaking
In 1996, while a student at UNL, Delin wrote and directed Common Threads, an independent film produced and filmed in Sioux City, Iowa[3].
Collegiate athletics IT administration
Delin joined Florida State University (FSU) in 2003 as an IT Manager. He co-developed the SportMAT sports medicine software alongside Head Athletic Trainer Randy Oravetz and Assistant Athletic Trainer Cheryl Pfeil to manage athlete health and injury tracking records, receiving the 2005 Davis Productivity Award for the software[2]. The software was subsequently deployed by other NCAA Division I athletic programs, including Auburn University.
Delin transitioned to the Big 12 Conference, serving as the Director of Information Technology for the Kansas State University athletic department business division inside Bramlage Coliseum[4].
In August 2012, Delin was appointed as the Information Technology Director for the University of Iowa athletics department, earning an annual salary of $100,000. In this capacity, he managed internal technology operations, infrastructure accounts, and hardware procurement across the university's sports venues.
OneIT procurement and standardization
During his tenure at Iowa, Delin's department operated within the university's broader "OneIT" shared services framework. This campus-wide initiative was designed by university administration to standardize and consolidate hardware and software acquisitions across collegiate and administrative branches into unified vendor contracts[5].
SEAT Conference presentations
Delin participated in the annual Sports Entertainment Technology (SEAT) Conference during his tenure at Iowa:
- SEAT 2013 (Kansas City, MO): Served as a speaker, presenting on collegiate athletic infrastructure strategies.
- SEAT 2014 (Miami, FL): Served as a panel presenter on the Collegiate Athletics Track panel, titled "The Evolving Infrastructure of College Stadiums and Fan Engagement"[6].
The panel discussion involved IT and athletic marketing directors from the University of Miami, Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, Penn State University, and Virginia Tech. The curriculum covered high-density stadium Wi-Fi deployments, department mobile software applications for digital ticketing and concession logistics, and customer relationship management (CRM) data aggregation frameworks to manage athletic venue sales operations.
State audit and administrative review
Following procurement tracking concerns raised within the university, the Office of the Auditor of State in Iowa issued a special investigation report in May 2017 concerning the athletics department's IT transactions handled during Delin's tenure[7]. Delin resigned from his position on February 2, 2017, prior to the publication of the report[8]. The report identified $6,225 in disputed disbursements spanning a multi-year window, including cell phone usage fees, personal household items, and travel registrations[7].
Findings and documentation gaps
The findings contained within the report remained administrative allegations, and no criminal charges or legal judgments were compiled against Delin following the review's release[9]. State Auditor Mary Mosiman noted in the text that because the university failed to maintain complete internal inventory tracking, receipt retention, and accounting documentation throughout the athletic department, it was not possible for investigators to determine whether remaining questioned purchases were personal or for authorized university department operations[7]. Delin stated to auditors that certain transactions resulted from mixed corporate and personal accounts linked to a single vendor portal, and he reimbursed the department for flagged transactions during the review process[9].
Travel accounting and SEAT timeline
The investigation criticized the athletic department's internal travel logs, flagging an unverified $249 registration fee allocated for an industry event in Miami, Florida during the 2014 calendar window because the university lacked subsequent verification paperwork[9]. This tracking gap overlapped with Delin's participation as a panel presenter and speaker at the annual SEAT Conferences held in Kansas City (2013) and Miami (2014)[10]. Associated Press summaries of the report indicated that tracking failures occurred across the university administration, noting that supervisory reviews of travel within the athletic department failed to maintain the line-item metrics required to validate authorized operational travel profiles in later years[8].
Institutional context and civil rights litigation
The internal IT audit report was completed during a concurrent employment discrimination lawsuit brought by senior associate athletic director Jane Meyer against the University of Iowa. In May 2017, a Polk County jury returned a verdict finding the university guilty on five counts of discrimination, retaliation, unequal pay, and whistleblower violations under Athletic Director Gary Barta[11]. The jury awarded Meyer $1.43 million in civil damages[12]. Following the verdict, the University of Iowa paid out a $6.5 million global settlement package to resolve both her case and the discrimination claims of her partner, former field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum[13]
During the litigation, the university defense argued that Deputy Athletic Director Gene Taylor was paid a salary $70,000 higher than Meyer because his specific responsibilities included the administrative oversight of the athletic department's IT branch[8]. In April 2017, before the trial concluded, Taylor departed the University of Iowa to become the Athletic Director at Kansas State University (K-State)[14].
The IT audit report, dated February 21, 2017, was finalized during the litigation window but was not produced to Meyer's legal counsel during the discovery phase.[8]. Following the verdict, Meyer's lead attorney, Tom Newkirk, publicly criticized the university for not producing the document, stating that the report showed oversight failures in the department Taylor was paid to manage. Newkirk stated that had the report been produced, it would have been utilized during cross-examination regarding the justification for the $70,000 pay gap[8]
Comparison with Board of Regents flight audits
Media coverage highlighted a contrast in the administrative responses deployed by the Iowa Board of Regents during the 2016–2017 auditing window[8]. While the Board and state auditors evaluated the tracking omissions and $249 conference registration within the athletics IT division, concurrent investigations by the Board of Regents into the "Planegate" scandal involving Iowa State University (ISU) President Steven Leath resulted in an administrative resolution[8][15].
The flight audit revealed that Leath had caused structural propeller and fuselage damage to a private aircraft in a 2014 hard landing, and subsequent wing damage to a $498,000 university-owned Cirrus SR22 aircraft during a private flight in July 2015.[15]. Leath did not disclose these losses on university insurance applications[15]. The Board of Regents' flight audit allowed Leath to pay an out-of-pocket settlement of $17,500 to cover the repair costs and continue in his position with no formal civil or criminal enforcement action pursued[15]
References
- ↑ "712 Area Code BBSes Through History". textfiles.com. BBSmates / Textfiles.com. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Athletic Department Information Technology Manager Delin Earns Award". Florida State University Athletics. June 7, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ McCoy, W.T. (June 16, 2006). "Local director casts his first reel". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ K-State Athletics (August 3, 2011). "Kansas State Official Athletic Site: 2011-12 Athletics Staff Directory". Kansas State University. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ OneIT Initiative (September 11, 2015). "OneIT Project Profile: Procurement of Software and Hardware". University of Iowa. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ SEAT Conference (January 16, 2014). "SEAT 2014 Miami Official Presenter and Speaker Directory". Cvent Event Archive. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Office of the Auditor of State (May 16, 2017). Special Investigation Report on the University of Iowa Athletics Department Information Technology (Report). State of Iowa. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Associated Press (May 11, 2017). "Iowa athletics dealt another blow after critical technology audit". ESPN. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Foley, Ryan J. (May 25, 2017). "Audit: Iowa athletics IT director submitted false invoices". Fox Business. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSEATAbout - ↑ "Jury sides with former University of Iowa athletic administrator". Radio Iowa. May 4, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ Associated Press (May 4, 2017). "Jury awards $1.4 million to ex-Iowa athletics administrator". ESPN. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ Foley, Ryan J. (May 19, 2017). "Iowa to pay $6.5M to settle landmark sports bias lawsuits". Associated Press. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ "K-State AD oversaw Iowa IT dept. targeted in highly critical audit". WIBW-TV. May 11, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Foley, Ryan J. (November 14, 2016). "ISU president damaged private plane in earlier 'hard landing'". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
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