FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY

The FSU Board of Trustees is expected to approve Winston-Salem State’s Anthony Bennett as athletic director in a special meeting scheduled Wednesday at 2 p.m. Bennett currently serves as associate athletic director for compliance at WSSU. Multiple FSU and in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association sources told The Fayetteville Observer that Bennett is the choice to replace Edward McLean, who retired Aug. 1 after serving eight years. The Laurinburg native earned his undergraduate (1995) and Master’s (2000) degrees from Fayetteville State. Bennett also worked five years at FSU as Associate Athletic Director for Internal Affairs and as the school’s NCAA compliance officer. -Sammy Batten, Fay Observer, Read More