LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– At present, Michigan State College has introduced Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Alan Haller is leaving MSU.
Present deputy athletic director Jennifer Smith and males’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo will function co-interim athletic administrators through the seek for a brand new director.
“I’m grateful for Alan’s leadership since I joined the university and appreciate the success our programs have seen under his leadership,” Guskiewicz mentioned in a information launch despatched to six Information. “He is deeply committed to this university and has led with honesty and integrity.”
Guskiewicz mentioned within the launch that he’ll hunt down a brand new athletic director who can finest navigate the altering panorama of collegiate athletics whereas working intently with each inside and exterior stakeholders to maneuver MSU ahead as a “leader among the Power Four institutions”.
“This is a pivotal time for college athletics, where innovation, effective communications and community engagement are more important than ever,” Guskiewicz mentioned. “Our next athletic director will lead one of the nation’s more storied athletic programs, home to 23 varsity sports, a passionate fan base, a long legacy of academic and athletic excellence and, most importantly, an ambitious future.”