JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Georgia Tech athletic director Todd Stansbury marked one month in office Wednesday. His impact has been felt already. His days have been jammed with meetings with donors and staff, and the work evidently doesn’t stop for long.

“He seems to be one of those guys you can get an email at 3 in the morning,” said Gregg Garrett, a major donor to the athletic department.

Coach Paul Johnson, whose team will play Kentucky on Saturday in the TaxSlayer Bowl, has made his own observations.

“He’s high energy,” Johnson said. “He communicates. I think he has hit the ground running in trying to do the right things. Hopefully, he’ll get some things done.”

The working relationship between Stansbury and his most high-profile employee is only weeks old, but it appears to be one that could provide for Johnson the programmatic improvements that he has been calling for and raise the Yellow Jackets’ standards in trying to keep up with an improving ACC. Both men indicated as much in separate interviews with the AJC.

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