Clay Mathis, PhD

Clay Mathis, PhD

Clay Mathis, PhD

Director & Endowed Chair of King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management


Kingsville, Texas

Clay Mathis was named Director and Endowed Chair of the King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management in July 2010. As Director, Clay leads faculty and staff appointed to the King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management and oversees teaching and outreach efforts of the Institute. He maintains and develops curriculum for the Master of Science in Ranch Management degree program, which includes more than 42 hours of business and animal production coursework and intensive project work tackling issues on large partnering ranches across the United States.

Clay works closely with the KRIRM Management Council to identify topics and speakers for the entire suite of KRIRM lectureships and the annual Holt Cat® Symposium on Excellence in Ranch Management.