Rao forms search group for new AD
University President Michael Rao has formed a 13-member search committee to aid in hiring a new athletics director.
After 11 years as athletics director, Herb Deromedi announced he will retire Jan. 15. The first meeting to find his replacement will convene Thursday in the president’s conference room at 3:30 p.m. in the Bovee University Center.
Senior Associate Athletics Director Marcy Weston will represent the athletics department.
“Our first step is to identify the process,” Weston said. “We have to decide whether we are going to have an interim AD or hire a permanent person in January.”
Athletic Director Search Committee
- Stephanie Comai, Board of Trustees member
- James Fabiano, community representative
- Cristy Freese, head field hockey coach
- Brian Kelly, head football coach
- Kevin Love, Faculty Athletics Representative
- Rich Morrison, associate vice president, Public Relations & Marketing
- Scott Smith, chair of Faculty Athletic Committee
- George Torreano, Alumni Board representative
- Dennis Washington, director of corporate and foundation relations, development & alumni relations
- Marcy Weston, senior associate athletics director
- Cali Clark, director, employment and compensation, human resources
- Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe representative to be determined
- Student-athlete to be determined
Representing the coaches are field hockey coach Cristy Freese and football coach Brian Kelly.
Stephanie Comai represents the Board of Trustees, James Fabiano is the community representative and management professor Kevin Love is the faculty athletics representative.
Rich Morrison, associate vice president of public relations, also will serve on the committee.
Physical education and sport professor Scott Smith, chair of the faculty athletic committee, and George Torreano, Alumni Board representative, also will aid in the search.
“I don’t have any preconceived notions going in,” Smith said. “I just want to see the best candidate put in place, whether it is from the outside or within.”
Dennis Washington, director of corporate and foundation relations for Development and Alumni Relations, and Cali Clark, director of employment and compensation of human resources, also will serve on the committee.
A member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe also will serve on the committee, but that person has not been determined. Morrision said there will be a student-athlete on the committee, but it also has not been determined.
