UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

Division 1 athletic directors have to have a firm understanding of their school, its students, the athletes, coaches, donors and alumni. But at the University of Delaware, the athletic director must also understand the people who reside up and down the First State (i.e. above and below the canal) because they are the fan base of the UD athletic teams. The previous two UD athletic directors were outsiders with impressive backgrounds but stayed at UD just three years each. Bernard Muir did as many speculated he would, using his title at UD as a stepping stone to his next job. His replacement, Eric Ziady, moved here from New England and resigned in December in a situation that was clearly, albeit unofficially, a mutual parting of the ways. -Jon Buzby, Newark Post, Read More