GHSA Executive Director Robin Hines announces his retirement

A successor is expected to be in place by August 1st
GHSA Executive Director Robin Hines announces his retirement
GHSA Executive Director Robin Hines announces his retirement /

Despite signing a three year extension last May, Georgia High School Association Executive Director Robin Hines announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down from his post effective at the end of the current school year.

Hines broke the news at the conclusion of Wednesday's GHSA executive committee meeting and later provided comments on his decision to Georgia High School Football Daily.

“My kids have been pushing for this for a couple of years,” Hines told GHSF Daily. “My grandchildren are getting older. They’re involved in youth sports. I yearn to be a part of that.”

GHSA Executive Director Robin Hines.
GHSA Executive Director Robin Hines / Photo courtesy of the GHSA

Hines, who has served in the post for the past seven years, also indicated that the three-and-a-half hour commute from his family's new home in Lake Hartwell was also factor in his decision.

Hines indicated he is willing to stay in his post until August 1 and even beyond, if necessary, to help the association find and onboard his replacement. He is only the sixth executive director in the history of the GHSA dating back to 1946.


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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.