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wrestler to take over as wvu AD?
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:57 pm
by ZZChooseTop
I wandered how long Luck was staying when wvu got Joe heskett last year. Now we know Ollie is leaving. Is coach heskett next in line for the job?
Re: wrestler to take over as wvu AD?
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:54 pm
by dunbar76
That would be nice, I'd be shocked though.
Re: wrestler to take over as wvu AD?
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:37 pm
by aacoach61
Heskett will be an AD someday, somewhere, but needs a lot more experience.
If WVU stays in-house, the leading candidate would be executive senior assistant AD Keli Cunningham, to whom Oliver Luck delegated a lot of responsibility.
Re: wrestler to take over as wvu AD?
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:49 pm
by dunbar76
Rob Mullins name will be floated around too.
Re: wrestler to take over as wvu AD?
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:01 am
by aacoach61
Word is President Gee really is high on Alabama Associate AD Shane Lyons, a Parkersburg native and WVU grad.
Re: wrestler to take over as wvu AD?
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:02 pm
by dunbar76
I do not know him. What does he bring to the table?
Re: wrestler to take over as wvu AD?
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:35 am
by aacoach61
Shane Lyons will get the job per the Charleston Gazette.
Lyons has two degrees from WVU and was an asst commissioner with the ACC for 10 years before joining the University of Alabama athletic department in 2011. He also worked for the NCAA for 9 years, as well as for the Big South Conference and spent 3 years at Texas Tech.
Sounds pretty qualified -and Pres.Gee has run Ohio State, Vanderbilt etc., so I'm sure he knows what to look for in an AD.