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Michigan State's J Batt hasn't even started yet, but already prepping for NCAA changes
Change to college sports arrived late Friday night, a week before J Batt officially takes over as Michigan State's new ...
Niyo: With Batt on deck, Michigan State will need to get creative
Michigan State’s new athletic director will have a nice office, certainly. But don’t expect J Batt to spend much time in there with his feet propped up on the desk.
What MSU President Guskiewicz Was Looking for in a New AD
Michigan State completed its month-long search for an athletic director with the hiring of J Batt. And his track record suggests it found the right fit. The uni ...
At pivotal crossroads, Tom Izzo keeps putting Michigan State first: 'This is my home'
Tom Izzo worked for free as an interim AD, ensuring Michigan State would find an AD who could set his university up for ...
WATCH: MSU AD J Batt, President Kevin M. Guskiewicz Q&A
A celebration took place on the campus of Michigan State on Wednesday as the university introduced its newest athletic director, J Batt, ...
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New Michigan State athletic director J Batt gears up to navigate changing collegiate landscape
Tom Izzo says Michigan State athletics must "take off like a rocket" as Batt arrives to navigate NIL, get creative around new ...
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MSU formally introduces J Batt as 21st athletic director
Standing before a crowd of coaches, trustees, faculty and community members in the Tom Izzo Football Building, J Batt was ...
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New AD J Batt says MSU should benefit from changing landscape in college athletics
During a press conference Wednesday, new Athletic Director J Batt said he wants Michigan State University to benefit from the ...
New MSU AD J Batt: Michigan State 'a top-10 athletic department in the country'
Basketball coach Tom Izzo called J Batt "a home run hire", and President Kevin Guskiewicz said MIchigan State got "the best" ...
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J Batt: Michigan State athletics will ‘take ground, move forward, make progress’
All the Michigan State dignitaries showed up to the Tom Izzo Football Building Wednesday to introduce new athletic director J ...
Michigan State athletic director J Batt says he’s leading a top-10 department in college sports
J Batt says Michigan State has a top-10 athletic department in the country. The school’s next athletic director made it clear ...
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J Batt welcomes joining ‘top 10 athletic department’ at Michigan State
Michigan State President Kevin Guskiewicz worked with J Batt when both were at North Carolina — Guskiewicz as a faculty member and Batt as a student-athlete ...