EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — It is solely been two days since Michigan State College named J Batt as its new vice chairman and athletic director. Michigan State welcomed him at a information convention on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
6 Information livestreamed his introduction on this web page at 3 p.m. You’ll be able to watch the replay within the participant above.
Batt had been the athletic director at Georgia Tech since 2022 and helped the college break information in athletic fundraising, surpassing the earlier information by greater than 40%. He additionally set a brand new file for tutorial success with a 94% commencement price.
On Tuesday, the Batt household arrived at Capital Area Worldwide Airport in Lansing and have been welcomed by Sparty, MSU’s mascot, and males’s basketball coach Tom Izzo.
The Batts have landed in East Lansing!They usually're already becoming proper in with @TheRealSparty 🟢⚪️ pic.twitter.com/0gHtREtPCP
— Michigan State Athletics (@MSU_Athletics) June 3, 2025
Michigan State College President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., additionally spoke on the information convention earlier than introducing Batt.
