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Michigan State Names Jon Palumbo as Interim Athletic Director
Palumbo will lead MSU Athletics on an interim basis while continuing as chief operating officer and Spartan Ventures CEO, officials said.
- On Friday, Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz appointed Jon Palumbo as interim athletic director, succeeding J Batt, who departed for the University of Kentucky.
- Kentucky will pay a $3.95 million negotiated buyout for Batt after poaching him one year into his tenure, covering his previous $2 million buyout from Georgia Tech plus recent salary costs.
- Palumbo will retain his role as CEO of Spartan Ventures, the university's non-profit fundraising arm, while serving as interim athletic director, having previously served as executive deputy athletic director.
- "I'm honored to serve the university in this interim role," Palumbo said, pledging to work with student-athletes and staff to maintain positive momentum in the department.
- President Guskiewicz plans to evaluate internal and external candidates in the coming weeks and months to permanently fill the athletic director position and secure long-term leadership.
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MSU Names Jon Palumbo as Interim Athletic Director
Photo: Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images EAST LANSING, MICH. ~ After Michigan State University President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., shared that he would be returning to his position with the university earlier this week, he announced Friday that MSU’s executive deputy athletics director and chief operating officer Jon Palumbo, who holds the additional role of CEO of Spartan Ventures, will step in as i…
Jon Palumbo named interim athletic director at Michigan State University
Jon Palumbo, previously executive deputy athletics director at MSU, has been appointed interim director of intercollegiate athletics, filling the role left by J Batt, who departed for the University of Kentucky.
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