FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY

About this time last year, Francis Marion University athletics director Murray Hartzler pulled off a coup when he landed Jay Sparks as women’s basketball coach. Jay Sparks said Friday he had to resign his position at FMU to support his wife in caring for her mother. FMU announced Sparks’ resignation just one year after hiring the highly successful coach away from his athletics director position at Columbus State University. – Mark A. Haselden, SCNow. Read More.