Milton Overton

{{Short description|American athletic director}}

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| current_title = Athletic director

| current_team = Kennesaw State

| current_conference = CUSA

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| alma_mater = University of Oklahoma

| player_years1 = 1991–1995

| player_team1 = Oklahoma

| player_positions = Offensive line

| admin_years1 = 1999–2009

| admin_team1 = Texas A&M (associate AD)

| admin_years2 = 2009–2015

| admin_team2 = Alabama (associate AD)

| admin_years3 = 2015–2017

| admin_team3 = Florida A&M

| admin_years4 = 2017–present

| admin_team4 = Kennesaw State

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Milton Overton is the current director of athletics for Kennesaw State University. He previously served as athletic director at Florida A&M University from 2015 to 2017,{{cite news|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2015/06/22/famu-names-new-athletic-director/29109701/|title=New FAMU AD Overton sees 'opportunities' in department|date=June 22, 2015|agency=Tallahassee Democrat|author=Culver, Jordan|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228050208/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2015/06/22/famu-names-new-athletic-director/29109701/|archivedate=December 28, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2015/07/06/new-ad-overton-evaluating-famu-athletics-plans-release-survey/29775933/|title=New AD Overton evaluating FAMU athletics, plans to release survey|date=July 6, 2015|agency=Tallahassee Democrat|author=Culver, Jordan|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228050354/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2015/07/06/new-ad-overton-evaluating-famu-athletics-plans-release-survey/29775933/|archivedate=December 28, 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://capitaloutlook.com/site/famus-departing-ad-overton-plans-to-work-to-very-last-day-on-the-job/|title=FAMU’s departing AD Overton plans to work to very last day on the job|date=November 14, 2017|agency=Capital Outlook|author=Murraine, St. Clair|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228174628/http://capitaloutlook.com/site/famus-departing-ad-overton-plans-to-work-to-very-last-day-on-the-job/|url-status=live|archivedate=December 28, 2018}} as an associate athletic director at the University of Alabama from 2009 to 2015, and as an associate athletic director at Texas A&M University from 1999 to 2009. Overton attended college at the University of Oklahoma, where he played on the offensive line on the Oklahoma Sooners football team. Overton was named athletic director at Kennesaw State University on October 31, 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/interesting-times-big-challenges-greet-kennesaw-state-new/5MxlbzurVCfFv8Slzwi35J/|title=Interesting times, big challenges greet Kennesaw State’s new AD|date=November 9, 2017|agency=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|author=Hummer, Steve|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228174620/https://www.ajc.com/sports/interesting-times-big-challenges-greet-kennesaw-state-new/5MxlbzurVCfFv8Slzwi35J/|url-status=live|archivedate=December 28, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mdjonline.com/news/local/new-kennesaw-state-athletic-director-we-re-here-to-go/article_5fa5451a-c583-11e7-b67b-07a5ca162ddd.html|title=New Kennesaw State athletic director: 'We're here to go higher'|date=November 9, 2017|agency=Marietta Daily Journal|author=Bednarowski, John|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110021455/http://www.mdjonline.com/news/local/new-kennesaw-state-athletic-director-we-re-here-to-go/article_5fa5451a-c583-11e7-b67b-07a5ca162ddd.html|url-status=live|archivedate=November 10, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mdjonline.com/news/florida-a-m-athletic-director-milton-overton-named-to-same/article_3c8aacfe-be72-11e7-a187-b780645f8e30.html|title=Florida A&M athletic director Milton Overton named to same position at Kennesaw State|date=October 31, 2017|agency=Marietta Daily Journal|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104021519/http://www.mdjonline.com/news/florida-a-m-athletic-director-milton-overton-named-to-same/article_3c8aacfe-be72-11e7-a187-b780645f8e30.html|url-status=live|archivedate=November 4, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/kennesaw-state-names-milton-overton-director-athletics/OTB4wwVgZSbbGVxbFnic5L/|title=Kennesaw State names Milton Overton director of athletics|date=October 31, 2017|agency=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|author=Moore, Maghen|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228174658/https://www.ajc.com/sports/kennesaw-state-names-milton-overton-director-athletics/OTB4wwVgZSbbGVxbFnic5L/|url-status=live|archivedate=December 28, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2017/10/31/famuthletic-director-steps-down/818563001/|title=Florida A&M Athletic Director Milton Overton Jr. steps down, accepts AD position at Kennesaw State|date=October 31, 2017|agency=Tallahassee Democrat|author=Culver, Jordan|accessdate=December 28, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228045545/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2017/10/31/famuthletic-director-steps-down/818563001/|archivedate=December 28, 2018}}