MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The University of Minnesota will use an outside firm and a 16-person committee to search for and hire its next athletic director.
President Eric Kaler announced Wednesday the members of the group, which include faculty members, one head coach, current and former Gophers athletes and business leaders around the state. Kaler said the process will be completed in late spring or early summer.
Interim athletic director Beth Goetz is a candidate but not ''a lock'' for the job, according to Kaler. Goetz took over the department last August after Norwood Teague resigned his post in disgrace following a report from two high-level university administrators that he sexually harassed them at a senior leadership retreat.
New Jersey-based Turnkey Search will be paid $150,000 plus expenses for its work.
