Guthrie grew up in Albany, New York and graduated from Watervliet High School in 1990.
[1][2] Guthrie began his career in 1998 as an intern at Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
[5] Guthrie’s tenure as the head of the Gators athletic department was a short one, but he accomplished a great deal in that time.
[7][8] In 2021, he was hired by former Green Bay chancellor Gary Miller to lead the Akron Zips.
[9][10][11][12] During his first year with the Zips, the four teams won MAC Championships, hired Oregon Ducks offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead as the football head coach,[13][14] and the basketball team won the Mid-American Conference Championship to earn a March Madness berth against UCLA.