EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller is leaving the school and deputy athletic director Jennifer Smith and men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo will serve as co-interim ADs, university president Kevin Guskiewicz announced.
Haller’s last day will be May 11. Guskiewicz did not disclose the reason for Haller’s exit.
“I’m grateful for Alan’s leadership since I joined the university and appreciate the success our programs have seen under his leadership,” Guskiewicz said in a statement. “He is deeply committed to this university and has led with honesty and integrity.”
Guskiewicz said a national search would begin to find a successor to Haller, who was promoted from deputy athletic director in 2021.
Haller played football and ran track at Michigan State and later worked 13 years in the school’s Department of Police and Public Safety. He joined the athletic department in 2010 and had a number of roles.
Under Haller, the Spartans won Big Ten championships in men’s basketball, women’s soccer, women’s gymnastics, men’s hockey and women’s cross country, as well as postseason appearances for several programs.
“This is a pivotal time for college athletics, where innovation, effective communications and community engagement are more important than ever,” Guskiewicz said. “Our next athletic director will lead one of the nation’s more storied athletic programs, home to 23 varsity sports, a passionate fan base, a long legacy of academic and athletic excellence and, most importantly, an ambitious future.”
Three months into his tenure in 2021, Haller signed off on a 10-year, $95 million contract for football coach Mel Tucker. Two years later Tucker was fired after he was said to have sexually harassed activist and rape…
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