The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents on Friday selected Comptroller Glenn Hegar as the sole finalist to be Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System.
Hegar, a Republican, served in the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate before first being elected comptroller in 2014. He won re-election in 2018 and 2022.
Friday’s vote by the Board of Regents was unanimous.
“The Board is confident that Glenn Hegar is ready to usher in the next era of excellence at The Texas A&M University System,” said Bill Mahomes, chairman of the Board of Regents. “Hegar grasps the unique breadth and depth of the System’s impact on every corner of Texas through its eight state agencies and 11 universities.”
Hegar will succeed Chancellor John Sharp, the longest serving chancellor in the history of the Texas A&M System. Sharp has announced he is stepping down as chancellor on June 30 after almost 14 years.
Hegar, who grew up in Hockley, is a sixth-generation Texan who grew up farming land that has been in his family since the mid-1800s.
He is a 1993 graduate of Texas A&M University and a graduate of St. Mary’s University, where he earned a Master of Arts and his law degree. At the University of Arkansas, he earned his Master of Laws.
Hegar and his wife, Dara, have three children, Claire, Julia and Jonah.
