D1.ticker Top Ten - The most clicked stories of the past week |
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#10: Michigan State will hire Purdue Deputy AD/Assoc. VP for Development Tim House as its new Deputy AD, per Gold and Black’s Tom Dienhart. (link)
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#9: Northwestern Deputy AD Kevin Clark announces his retirement after a career spanning more than three decades. (link) |
#8: Former LSU Football HC Brian Kelly sent an email to then-Tigers AD Scott Woodward, current-interim AD Verge Ausberry, Exec. Deputy AD/COO Julie Cromer and Senior Assoc. AD for Football Administration Austin Thomas following his dismissal. WAFB9 shares the letter: “Scott and team, Sending a quick note to confirm that following my termination during our meeting today, I will return all LSU materials in my possession as required by my contract. Let me know if it’s better for me to clean out my office, or if you would prefer to pack everything up and send it to me. I assume HR will be in touch regarding any other housekeeping matters out there, but let me know if you need anything else from me in the meantime. As we discussed in our meeting, I’m open to your desire to reach a settlement of what’s owed to me under the contract, although of course it would have to make sense financially. Despite your decision to let me go today, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to lead this program over the last four years and wish you all the best going forward. Best, Brian.” (link)
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#7: Delaware promotes Executive Senior Assoc. AD for Sport Administration & Front Office Mattie White to Deputy AD for Sport Administration & Internal Operations/SWA. (link)
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#6: Cal State University and CSU Bakersfield were hit with an employment lawsuit on Oct. 28 by former CSUB AD Kyle Conder that “contends he was retaliated against and wrongfully fired after reporting safety and misconduct concerns.” More behind the Law.com paywall. (link)
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#5: New Orleans is moving back from the University of Louisiana system to the Louisiana State University system, which could include updating the Privateers logo to match LSU colors. Have a look at the purple and gold logo mockups. (link)
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#4: Best thing you’ll watch all day. Coastal Athletic Association Commissioner Joe D’Antonio joined the College of Charleston Volleyball program for practice, literally. From the warmups to digging for balls, check out D’Antonio’s moves. (link)
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#3: Massachusetts selects Rhode Island AD Thorr Bjorn as its new Senior Deputy AD/Chief Administrative Officer. Bjorn, a UMass football alum, will serve as the sport administrator for the Minutemen football program and assist with a number of external units. ESPN’s Pete Thamel broke the news. (link); Back in Kingston, URI Assoc. AD for Internal Operations Brittney Miles will serve as Interim AD. ESPN's Pete Thamel was among the first to report it. (link, link)
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#2: From interim AD to permanent AD in quick fashion, LSU has a new full-time boss in Verge Ausberry. (link); Meanwhile, new LSU President Wade Rousse on contract dynamics for the next Football HC in Baton Rouge: “I do support the idea that we're going to try to base contracts on incentive base, or contracts are going to be based on incentives and how we win and how does that work and how we get paid based on winning. I'd like to think we could do that in our athletics contracts. We all know the market's the market. We are very determined to go find the absolute best coach there is to come take the best coaching job in America and come lead us to our next national championship. We have a global brand that's mostly driven by what happens in Tiger Stadium. There's no doubt in our mind that we are going to get the fit to make that happen.” (link); Also of note, though Rousse is technically the new LSU system president - with former Alabama Provost Jim Dalton named as Chancellor for the Baton Rouge campus, the LSU athletic department will flow up directly to Rousse. (link, link)
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#1: Denver will exit the Summit League and join the WCC, effective July 1, 2026, to become the league’s 10th full member in 2026-27 and 11th in 2027-28. Commissioner Stu Jackson: “Denver’s commitment to elevate men’s and women’s basketball to a level which matches its nationally recognized success in other sports, while maintaining a focus on student-athlete development and experiences, is among the foundational pillars to this expansion. Their multi-year basketball growth plan shows an intentional focus that meets our basketball-centric identity. The Conference also values the addition of another large metropolitan area and top media market which will broaden our reach and deliver greater opportunity for our membership.” ESPN's Pete Thamel had the news first. (link, link)
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