UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Illinois is deciding between two final candidates for the athletic director position, according to a source. The search committee was divided on Josh Whitman from Division III Washington University and Patrick Chun of Florida Atlantic, and so recommended both candidates to interim chancellor Barbara Wilson. Wilson has reportedly said that the university would make a hire by the end of the month. Whitman played football at Illinois (1997-2000) and has been the athletic director at Washington in St. Louis since June 2014. He spent the previous four years as athletic director at Wisconsin-La Crosse. Chun has been at Florida Atlantic since July 2012 and engineered the program’s move into Conference USA. He spent the previous 15 years at Ohio State, where from 2009-2012 he provided oversight for the external relations division. He also served as the daily administrative liaison with the football team. -Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune, Read More