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Overtime: What a surprising AD firing says about the job
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Overtime: What a surprising AD firing says about the job

For subscribers: The things that made a popular athletic director six years ago—heck, even six months ago—do not do the job today.
Alex Kirshner
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Richard Johnson
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Steven Godfrey
Sep 11, 2024
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© Kevin Whitlock / Massillon Independent / USA TODAY NETWORK

Pitt fired athletic director Heather Lyke on Monday, five days before the Backyard Brawl and amid a run of unusual success in Olympic sports. What happened? Well, it’s a story about how the job of the athletic director is shifting rapidly—under the feet of the people currently holding these roles.

Production: Anthony Vito

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