Dan Hunt

Dan "Daniel" Hunt (born November 21, 1976 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American football official and entrepreneur .

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Dan Hunt was born on November 21, 1976 in Dallas, Texas, as one of four children to influential American sports personality Lamar Hunt . His grandfather Haroldson Hunt and his two uncles Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt are or were oil billionaires. While his sister Sharron now owns the Dallas-based company Unity Hunt , among others , Brother Lamar Hunt Jr. is a successful entrepreneur, sports official and philanthropist, and Brother Clark Hunt is an equally successful entrepreneur and sports official who also invests in US football.

His education, he completed after his high school degree from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1996, among others at the Southern Methodist University , which he in 2000 with a Diploma in Business Studies ( Business Administration graduated). During his studies he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity . He began his entrepreneurial career as Vice President of New Business Development for Gemini Voice Solutions, Inc. , founded in 1999 , a provider of voice-over Internet protocols for home-to-home calling in the United States, based in New York city . He later worked alongside his father for years on the design and construction of the Toyota Stadium and the Toyota Soccer Center . When this venue opened in 2005, Hunt was primarily responsible for establishing the major league soccer franchise FC Dallas, which played there, as the leading North American soccer franchise in youth development. The Toyota Soccer Center, also known as the Toyota Soccer Complex , with a size of 145 acres and 17 professional soccer fields, quickly became the epitome of stadium design in US professional sport. In 2011 it was one of only two five-star facilities in the US Soccer Development Academy ranking . Hunt continued to be instrumental in developing the youth teams (FC Dallas Youth) and academy teams (FC Dallas Academy). In the 2011/12 season, the U-18 academy team of FC Dallas won the championship title in the U-18 league of the US Soccer Development Academy ; no other MLS franchise had achieved this before.

After his father bought the MLS franchise Dallas Burn , later called FC Dallas, in 2003, his youngest son, Daniel, helped him develop the sport in Dallas, where he officially joined the Hunt Sports Group . After the construction of the Toyota Stadium and the Toyota Soccer Center began in the following year, the franchise was relaunched under the new name FC Dallas in 2005 . With a 2-2 draw against MetroStars , today's New York Red Bulls, FC Dallas celebrated the stadium opening on August 6, 2005. In addition to the Crew Stadium , which was also financed by the Hunt Sports Group, the Toyota Stadium was for At that time one of only three stadiums in the country that had been specially built as football stadiums . Shortly after the death of his father in 2006, Dan Hunt became Vice President of the Hunt Sports Group, as which he is still active today (as of December 2017).

At the end of 2012, Dan Hunt took over day-to-day operations at FC Dallas and was officially named president of the football franchise on January 20, 2014. With the franchise, he not only works on business operations, but also works closely with technical management. Since taking office as President, the franchise has received the MLS Supporters' Shield once (2016) and was once again (2015) runner-up behind the New York Red Bulls, who had scored as many points as FC Dallas. He also won the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2016 with the franchise , the US soccer cup named after his father . In addition, the team led in the game years 2015 and 2016 the Western Conference at the end of regulation time. At Major League Soccer, Dan Hunt is also on the MLS Board of Governors in a supervisory role.

In addition to his football activities, Hunt also serves as Vice President and active partner ( General Partner ) of Hilltop Capital Development , a privately held investment firm specializing in real estate and oil and gas investments. He is also a supporter of the Kansas City Chiefs , an American football franchise that operates in the National Football League (NFL), founded by his father in 1960 and has been family-owned ever since. He supports his older brother Clark, who has been the owner and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs since his father's death. He was involved in the renovation of the Arrowhead Stadium during the 2010 season . He also represents his family along with his brother Clar at official NFL meetings and other public appearances.

On February 18, 2012, Dan Hunt married Toni Muñoz from Santa Fe , the capital of the US state of New Mexico , who has since appeared as Toni Muñoz-Hunt. Together, the couple appear in a number of charities in North Texas, supporting the Dallas Museum of Art , America Scores , Fashion Group International (FGI), and several others. The couple have a daughter named Darlington.

Web links

• Dan Hunt on the official website of FC Dallas (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Toni Muñoz-Hunt on the official website of her company Model Behaviors , accessed on December 6, 2017