- November 18th, 2016, 5:57 pm
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First off, we could not be in better hands than what we have right now with Mickey steering the ship on an interim basis. Any hire that walks in and sees how valuable he is to the institution would be foolish to not keep him on staff. But I think we all expect this high profile position to go to an outsider.
There are typically three potential courses of action that Division I universities consider when searching AD candidates. They can either follow one of these paths:
While Jeff was blessed with resources beyond anyone's imaginations when he was hired, we owe him a huge great of gratitude for pulling off all of these facility upgrades. That has been a massive undertaking that any candidates will view with astonishment when they take the tour of campus.
There are typically three potential courses of action that Division I universities consider when searching AD candidates. They can either follow one of these paths:
- 1. Internal Candidates - Typically a longstanding member of the Athletic Department adept at managing relationships inside the university as well as outside stakeholders.
2. Up-and-Coming Candidates - This could either be succesful ADs at lower levels of competition or Associate/Assistant ADs at major institutions. Jeff was in this category when we hired him.
3. High Profile Celebrity Candidates - We are obviously familiar with out past of going down this route int he coaching ranks. LU has not typically pursued this path with ADs. These are often former football or basketball coaches whose name would be considered distinguished among donors and the coaching ranks from which he'll be making hires.
While Jeff was blessed with resources beyond anyone's imaginations when he was hired, we owe him a huge great of gratitude for pulling off all of these facility upgrades. That has been a massive undertaking that any candidates will view with astonishment when they take the tour of campus.