In its effort to replace Dave Heeke as its athletic director, Central Michigan has selected 16 people to serve on a search committee. It includes students and faculty, those who probably wouldn’t know a capable AD if he or she walked into their living room.
It’s not the best way of doing business. When Arizona President Peter Likins searched for an AD to replace Jim Livengood in 2010, he told former NCAA executive director Cedric Dempsey to “go find me an athletic director.”
As a committee of one, Dempsey hand-picked Greg Byrne. And when Byrne left, UA President Ann Weaver Hart appointed Dempsey and ex-UA associate AD Rocky LaRose to find a replacement.
They found Heeke in almost record time, which, in retrospect, was a no-brainer.
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