Gary Barta (born 4 September 1963) is the current athletic director at the University of Iowa.
He succeeded Bob Bowlsby on 1 August 2006, when Bowlsby stepped down after 15 years as Iowa's athletic director to take the same position at Stanford University.
Before coming to Iowa, Barta was the athletic director at the University of Wyoming from 2003 to 2006.
In early 2005, Barta was a finalist for the athletic director position at Arizona State University.
Prior to serving as the athletic director at Wyoming, Barta served as an administrator in the athletic departments at the University of Washington and University of Northern Iowa.