Nationwide Sport Group welcomes former USC Government Senior Affiliate Athletic Director to advance Canadian golf participation and aggressive excellence.
(December 3, 2025) – Golf Canada is happy to announce that Paul Perrier has joined the Nationwide Sport Federation as its new Chief Sport Officer (CSO).
Born in Sherbrooke, Que. and raised in Aurora, Ont., Perrier is an achieved and dynamic sports activities administration govt who brings greater than 15 years of senior management expertise in NCAA Division I athletics, most lately serving as Government Senior Affiliate Athletic Director and Deputy Athletic Director on the College of Southern California (USC).
As Chief Sport Officer, Perrier will oversee Golf Canada’s sport portfolio, together with Workforce Canada high-performance and athlete improvement, Nationwide Novice Championships, grassroots participation packages comparable to First Tee – Canada and She Performs Golf, and Protected Sport compliance. Reporting to CEO Laurence Applebaum as a member of Golf Canada’s Government Workforce, Perrier will play a pivotal position in advancing Canadian golf participation and aggressive excellence for the Nationwide Sport Group.
“Paul is a dynamic sport govt and former high-level athlete with in depth management expertise throughout sport together with golf, coach improvement, compliance, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, income technology and fundraising inside each elite and public NCAA Division I athletic departments,” stated Applebaum. “His expertise managing advanced sport organizations and constructing high-performance packages will assist to additional advance the game and elevate Canadian golf on the worldwide stage.”
Throughout his tenure at USC (2019–2025), Perrier was a member of the Government Management Workforce, with oversight and help for 23 varsity packages and 600 athletes. He led strategic planning, useful resource allocation, and efficiency initiatives and fostered inclusive, collaborative cultures that drove innovation and excellence. Perrier additionally managed the boys’s and girls’s golf packages, guiding them to a number of NCAA championship appearances and supporting elite athletes who superior to the LPGA and PGA Excursions.
Perrier, who will work collaboratively with the Golf Canada Basis, additionally brings expertise in fundraising and donor relations, having helped drive capital campaigns at USC and Rutgers. He additionally oversaw a $750,000 renovation of USC’s golf coaching facility and served as Match Director for the Trojan Golf Traditional. His means to construct trust-based relationships with donors, alumni, and company companions has been an indicator of his management.
Perrier joins Golf Canada at a time the place the group is experiencing robust momentum with an increase in participation and rounds performed, Canadian continued success on the worldwide stage and elevated funding within the sport from donors and company companions.
The chance to return to Canada to champion additional development is a chance for Perrier to use his govt management experiences throughout a sport that has been a longtime ardour.
“Becoming a member of Golf Canada is an unimaginable honour, and I’m impressed to assist speed up the game’s development and impression throughout the nation,” stated Perrier. “Along with our athletes, coaches, donors, and companions, we are going to proceed to construct pathways that drive participation and elevate Canada’s success on the world stage.”
Beforehand, Perrier served as Senior Affiliate Athletic Director at Rutgers College (2015–2019), the place he helped develop a five-year strategic plan, oversaw sport packages, and led compliance and governance throughout a essential transition to the Huge Ten Convention. Previous to becoming a member of Rutgers, Perrier held a number of progressive management roles with USC together with Affiliate Vice President for Athletic Compliance.
Perrier additionally co-founded the NACDA Sport Administrator Management Institute, served on the Huge Ten Olympic Sports activities Oversight Committee, and was chosen for the NCAA Pathway Program, a nationwide initiative making ready senior directors for CEO roles.
He holds a Juris Physician from the College at Buffalo Regulation Faculty and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Oswego State, the place he was additionally a student-athlete (hockey) and co-president of the Scholar-Athlete Advisory Committee.
A proud Canadian who’s married with two sons, Perrier has began within the CSO position and might be relocating again to Canada within the coming months.
