TULSA, Okla. ? North Carolina's trustees will meet Friday to approve the hiring of Tulsa athletic director Bubba Cunningham as the school's next AD, a person familiar with the situation said Thursday.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement has not been made. The school has scheduled an emergency meeting of its board of trustees for Friday morning to discuss "a personnel matter." The school also said it expects to hold a news conference afterward, though it didn't say why.
If approved, Cunningham would replace Dick Baddour, who is stepping down after 14 years amid the ongoing NCAA investigation into the football program. Chancellor Holden Thorp has said Baddour would remain on at least until the school's appearance before the NCAA infractions committee on Oct. 28.
The person said Cunningham was atop a short list of candidates forwarded to Thorp by a 13-member search committee that had met several times since late August. Baddour's successor would have an immediate job in hiring a new football coach after the abrupt firing of Butch Davis the week before training camp began in July, including whether interim coach Everett Withers should be the permanent choice.
It's not the first time Cunningham has been the target of a BCS program. He appeared close to taking over as athletic director at Kansas in December and had even begun contract discussions there before reversing course and agreeing to a contract extension to stay at the Conference USA program.
Cunningham took over at Tulsa in 2005.
mississippi state football syracuse craigs list nlp nlp beethoven science news
কোন মন্তব্য নেই:
একটি মন্তব্য পোস্ট করুন