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Univ. Of South Carolina Athletic Budget To Top $84M For '13-14 Season06 / 19 / 13The Univ. of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees Monday approved an "athletic department budget that will top" $84M for the '13-14 academic year, according to Josh Kendall of the Columbia STATE. USC expects to bring in $84,103,300 while spending $83,692,900. The biggest single income source in ... Tags: Colleges |
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Big 12 Execs Address Emmert
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and Texas men’s AD DeLoss Dodds on Thursday "offered suggestions" to NCAA President Mark Emmert on how the organization could "regain confidence," according to Chuck Carlton of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Emmert met with the Big 12 Exec Council for about 45 minut ...
Bohn Staunchly Defends Tenure At CU
Former Colorado AD Mike Bohn on Thursday "defended his fundraising record and his management of the athletic department in his eight years at CU," according to Christopher Dempsey of the DENVER POST. Bohn's comments came one day after CU Chancellor Phil DiStefano "had his say about why the universit ...
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SEC Hires Shaheen For Scheduling Help
The SEC, on the heels of what Commissioner Mike Slive called a “bad year” in men's basketball, has "hired former NCAA Tournament guru Greg Shaheen as a scheduling consultant," according to Mark Long of the AP. Shaheen gave "detailed presentations to coaches and athletics directors during ...
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Criticism Continues For Rutgers, Hermann
New details are emerging about the vetting process done by Rutgers Univ. in its hiring and background check of AD Julie Hermann which raise "serious questions about the thoroughness of the search," and how much Rutgers officials, including President Robert Barchi, knew about the hire, according to S ...
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Rutgers Paid $70,000 To AD Search Firm
Rutgers Univ. paid $70,000 to Atlanta-based Parker Executive Seach for the "background check that failed to uncover the accusations of verbal and emotional abuse from former volleyball players against " new AD Julie Hermann, according to a front-page piece by Keith Sargeant of the ASBURY PARK PRESS. ...
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Colorado Chancellor Has New Vision For AD
Univ. of Colorado Chancellor Phil DiStefano yesterday said that he "made the decision to part ways " with AD Mike Bohn and "now wants to take the department in a new direction," according to Kyle Ringo of the Boulder DAILY CAMERA. DiStefano said that his "new way forward is one in which the athleti ...
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St. Louis Hosting '17 SEC Tourney
The addition of the Univ. of Missouri to the SEC last season was the "key factor" in the conference's men's basketball tournament choosing St. Louis' Scottrade Center as its '17 host, according to sources cited by Brett McMurphy of ESPN.com. St. Louis will become the "farthest northern city to host" ...
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Rutgers Defending Julie Hermann
Rutgers Univ. officials have "unexpectedly had to defend their selection" of new AD Julie Hermann against "accusations of her misconduct dating to a coaching job she held in the 1990s," according to Steve Eder of the N.Y. TIMES. In addition to allegations of abuse while the Univ. of Tennessee ...
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Mike Bohn Out As Colorado AD
Univ. of Colorado AD Mike Bohn was "blindsided by Chancellor Phil DiStefano when he was called to DiStefano's office Thursday for an impromptu meeting in which he was informed the school was firing him," according to sources cited by Kyle Ringo of the Boulder DAILY CAMERA. DiStefano "handed Bohn a l ...
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SEC Addressing Lagging Football Attendance
One of the "greatest concerns" among SEC coaches and administrators at the conference's spring meetings this week is the "future of college football attendance," according to Tony Barnhart of CBSSPORTS.com. While the SEC led all conferences in average attendance last season, "that figure has actuall ...
