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Oregon loses its AD

Posted by Vince Grippi

March 19, 2010 10:54 a.m. • 3 comments

COUGARS UPDATED: 11:45 A.M.

We’re in Buffalo with Gonzaga’s basketball team – the Zags play Florida State this evening – but we couldn’t resist passing this on. The University of Oregon has scheduled an 11:30 a.m. press conference to have an “announcement about leadership at Athletics Department.” Here’s the Oregonian’s John Canzano’s take and a story in the Eugene Register-Guard. We’ll have more later.

• UPDATE: It’s official. Mike Bellotti has stepped down as UO athletic director and will join ESPN. It must have been too tough to have to fire his former colleague Ernie Kent.

Three comments on this post so far. Add yours!

TommyCoug on March 19 at 1:06 p.m.
Could Reuben Mayes get a look by the Ducks? He’s still at Oregon I believe…However, he doesn’t have much athletic department experience at any level, I don’t believe?

I doubt much or any of this was occurring during Bill Moss’ tenure. Things certainly have gotten out of hand since Phil Knight seems to have entered the game plan at Duckville in a big, big way!!
GSLFan on March 19 at 1:32 p.m.
Mayes works for a health care organization (hospital?) not in the university.
rufus on March 20 at 8:19 a.m.
both OSU and it likes like now UO -have large AD budget isuues- with large payments due - with little state support. at least jim sterk did not leave WSU with a budget mess.