playing career ended, McIntosh entered the business world where he pursued various start-up ventures focused primarily in health and wellness-related industries. In 2014, he returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the director of business development in the Wisconsin Athletic Department. McIntosh was quickly promoted to deputy athletic director in July 2017. During his time at the Wisconsin Athletic Department under athletic director Barry Alvarez, McIntosh oversaw the hiring of notable Wisconsin coaches Greg Gard and Paul Chryst, helped establish and expand the Inclusion and Engagement unit and Department of Clinical & Sport Psychology, served as Government Affairs liaison, and played a key role in the identification of financial threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. When Alvarez announced his retirement in April 2021, a national search was launched to replace Alvarez as Wisconsin's athletic director. As deputy athletic director at the time, McIntosh was seen as the frontrunner to land the athletic director job having been groomed for the position by Alvarez. Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced on June 2, 2021 that he had in fact been selected as Alvarez's successor. McIntosh is just the third athletic director at Wisconsin since 1989 and follows the long tenures of Pat Richter and Alvarez, each of whom oversaw a continuous rise of many of Wisconsin's athletic programs to national prominence beginning in the 1990s. Upon his promotion, McIntosh said "“Barry and Pat caused our program to be risen out of the ashes...The challenges are different today. The context is different today. It will require a different style of leadership, a different approach. I’m confident that the approach we take will position us well in the future.” References External links Wisconsin profile 1977 births Living people All-American college football players American football offensive tackles People from Pewaukee, Wisconsin Players of American football from Wisconsin Seattle Seahawks players Wisconsin Badgers football players