Dan Hunt has served as President of FC Dallas since 2014. He is a member of Major League Soccer’s Board of Governors, serves on the league’s Business Ventures Committee, and is Co-Chair of the Board of MLS NEXT Pro.

Hunt also served as chairman of Dallas’ successful bid committee to secure nine matches for the FIFA World Cup 2026, the most among all 16 host cities. He will serve as Co-Chair of the North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee Board.

Hunt spent years working alongside his late father, American sports pioneer Lamar Hunt, on the design and construction of Toyota Stadium and Toyota Soccer Center. Since Toyota Stadium opened in 2005, Hunt has maximized the venue and surrounding facilities to help establish FC Dallas as a global leader in youth player development.

Toyota Soccer Center is a 145-acre, world-class soccer complex featuring 17 professional-grade fields and serves as the training home of FC Dallas, North Texas SC and the club’s academy programs.

Hunt oversaw the successful negotiation with the City of Frisco on a $200 million public-private renovation of Toyota Stadium, which began in early 2025. He also led the development of the $58 million National Soccer Hall of Fame, which opened in 2018 and includes more than 70,000 square feet of renovated space, premium seating, locker rooms, hospitality areas and the National Soccer Hall of Fame Experience.

Outside of his executive responsibilities with FC Dallas, Hunt is an owner of the club and plays an active role in long-term strategic planning across the Hunt family’s sports portfolio, including the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. His involvement has included major facility initiatives, such as the 2010 renovation of Arrowhead Stadium.

In 2016, Hunt and Robert Casterline loaned their football card collection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. Considered by many the most valued collection of football trading cards in the world, the collection includes rare complete sets, important rookie cards as well as informational displays which tell the story of American football and the hobby of card collecting.

Hunt began his business career in New York City as Vice President of New Business Development for Gemini Voice Solutions, a voice-over-internet-protocol provider.

A Dallas native, Hunt graduated from St. Mark’s School of Texas and Southern Methodist University.

As the Executive Director for the Dallas Sports Commission, Monica Paul plays an essential role in implementing bid strategies and marketing programs that enhance Dallas’ acquisition of sports competitions and events, including solicitation of Olympic, professional, collegiate and amateur sports.  Paul also works closely with professional leagues, the NCAA, Olympic National Governing Bodies and amateur sports federations, promoting Dallas as a premier destination for events, conventions and meetings. Paul serves as the President of the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee and her efforts proved instrumental in Dallas being named a Host City for FIFA World Cup 26 and securing nine matches during the tournament, more than any other market in 2026. 

Prior to joining Visit Dallas in 2008, Paul was the Associate Director of Events at USA Volleyball, where she oversaw the international events for the USA Women’s and Men’s National Teams and served as Director of Competition for the 2007 National Senior Games in Louisville, Kentucky. Before that, Paul served as Director of International and Domestic Events for USA Taekwondo, and Director of Events, Marketing and Sponsorships for the Junior Volleyball Association of Austin.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education at the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Arts in Sports Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. She currently serves on the SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors, Cotton Bowl Classic Board of Directors, the Jason Witten’s SCORE Foundation Board of Directors, Women in Sports & Events (WISE) DFW Chapter Advisory Board, and the University of North Texas Sports Entertainment Management Industry Advisory Board. She was selected as the DCEO Non-profit and Corporate Citizenship Award Winner in Leadership Excellence in 2023, DCEO’s Dallas 500 in 2022-2024, Women in Business honoree by Dallas Business Journal in 2020, and in 2015 she was honored as one of Connect Sports’ Top IX Women in the Sport Tourism Industry. 

Paul taught Contemporary Issues in Sport Management at Southern Methodist University and is also a licensed real estate agent and realtor.

Eric Prisbell is the senior sports business reporter at The Dallas Morning News. He previously spent more than 17 years as a national reporter at The Washington Post, USA Today, and Sports Business Journal. A seven-time Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) Award winner, four of his stories have also earned honorable mention recognition in the Best of American Sports Writing anthologies. Over his 28-year career, Eric has covered 19 Final Fours, along with the NBA Finals, World Series, and Super Bowl.