December 3, 2013
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck said in a statement today that he met with Mountaineers Head Coach Dana Holgorsen, and he strongly backs him and his coaching staff for next season.
THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
The secondary ticket price for the SEC championship game between Auburn and Missouri is averaging $440. To put that in perspective, the Big Ten Championship game average ticket price is going for $210, PAC 12 Championship $107, and ACC Championship $73.
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA MONROE
ULM, is now accepting applications for the position of media relations intern to serve as primary contact for selected sports while assisting with all 17 athletic programs on behalf of the ULM Media Relations Office.
MIDWAY COLLEGE
Midway College announced that Jim Tussey has joined its staff as the full-time athletic director. Jim Tussey brings more than 21 years of higher education and coaching experience to lead Midway College’s Athletics Program. Tussey earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology; a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling; and Bachelor of Science in Education all from the University of Kentucky.
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
California Baptist is looking for an Associate Athletic Director for Marketing and Media Relations to Oversee the sports information department and all external promotion of the athletic department.
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Matt Oxford was recently hired at UCF as Assistant Director of Women’s Basketball Operations. Oxford was at The University of Georgia as Women’s Basketball Operations Intern.
COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE
The College of Saint Rose is looking for an Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance. The Compliance Officer will manage and oversee athletics department compliance responsibilities toward meeting NCAA rules.
FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Fort Valley has hired Dr. Percy Caldwell as new Director of Athletics. Most recently, Caldwell served as consultant to the president and interim director of athletics at Miles College. Prior to employment at Miles College, the last eight years were spent as director of athletics at Winston-Salem State University.
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
Amber Gray was recently hired as Director of Basketball Operations. A 2013 graduate of Xavier University, Gray was a three-year member of the Lady Musketeers basketball team
December 2, 2013
WAKE FORREST UNIVERSITY
The Wake Forrest Athletic department is expected to announce that head football coach Jim Grobe will resign today 4:15 PM. In 13 seasons, Grobe compiled a 77-82 record, including a 42-62 record in ACC play and a 3-2 bowl record. This year the Demon Deacons struggled to a 4-8 overall record, including a 2-6 mark in conference play.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Steve Sarkisian has accepted the USC head coaching position. Sarkisian spent most of his coaching career as an assistant at USC working the most prolific quarterbacks the Trojan’s have ever had (2001-2003, 2005-2008), and spent one season on Lane Kiffin’s staff with the Raiders before leaving for Washington.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
As expected, Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas this morning said football coach Tim Beckman will return for the 2014 season.
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
University of Memphis president Brad Martin and athletic director Tom Bowen announced that former Tiger basketball guard Bill Laurie and his wife, Nancy, both U of M alumni, have made a $10 million donation to the capital campaign for athletic facilities. It is the largest gift in the school’s history for athletics and the second-largest in school history.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Rumor has it, Director of Athletics Pat Haden’s top choices for USC’s next football coach include James Franklin of Vanderbilt, and Steve Sarkisian of Washington. Boise State head coach, Chris Petersen has withdrawn his name from the pool of candidates.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Athletic director Sheahon Zenger who hired Charlie Weis, voiced his support publicly multiple times over the weekend, stating that Weis will return, “I’ve been through rebuilding projects many times, and we’re going to stay the course.” he said. “Wins and loses aren’t always indicative of the effort put in by this coaching staff and these players over the past couple of years.”
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
The ACC ambitiously hopes to launch a dedicated ACC network by 2016. However, in the words of Lee Corso, “not so fast my friend!” The biggest holdup in televising a dedicated menu of ACC sports comes with the league’s current deal with ESPN, which control’s the conference’s syndicated rights through 2027. There’s no way an ACC network co-exists with a syndicated model.
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
San Jose is looking for a Senior Associate Athletic Director for Business and Finance to develop, implement and manage fiscal and IT services for the Division.
RICE UNIVERSITY
Rice seeks Associate Athletic Director for Development/Annual Giving to oversee and manage all aspects of the fundraising efforts for the Rice Athletic Fund with special emphasis on the Athletics Annual Fund.
December 1, 2013
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
UMass athletic director John McCutcheon confirmed that head football coach Charley Molnar will be back for a third season next year.The Minutemen went 1-11 last year and with Saturday’s loss to Ohio University, 1-11 in 2014.
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
FIU is looking for Associate Athletics Director – Compliance to oversee all processes and systems necessary to ensure University compliance with National College Athletic Association (NCAA), Conference USA and institutional rules and regulations.
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Baylor is looking for an Assistant Director of Facilities & Operations to Serve as the operational contact for assigned facilities and athletic programs to include scheduling, reporting issues, identifying solutions, coordinating maintenance, and set up/break down.
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Texas Tech is looking for an Assistant Director of Promotions and Fan Engagement to Serve as the primary marketing and promotions coordinator for certain sports, as assigned.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
Nevada is looking for Assistant Director of Media Services to to publicize and promote the Intercollegiate Athletics department.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Penn is looking for a Senior major Gift Officer to cultivate and solicit alumni and other prospects with emphasis on gifts of $25,000 or more.
November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving from College AD!