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for Dickey's successor...
Feb. 6, 2003
KNOXVILLE--The University of Tennessee has launched a national search for an athletic director to succeed Doug Dickey at the helm of one of the nation's most respected and successful programs.
UT President John W. Shumaker said the university has issued a request for proposals for a firm to help develop the search process, a timeline and search requirements. He said it is hoped that the firm can be chosen by Feb. 24 and an offer made to the new athletic director by the end of April.
UT Launches Search for Athletic Director University of Tennessee Athletics
Three months later, the hiring (promotion) of Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations Mike Hamilton was announced:
May 10, 2003
University president John Shumaker, in a Saturday press conference, announced the hiring of Mike Hamilton as Tennessee's seventh director of athletics. Hamilton will succeed Doug Dickey, who is retiring June 30.
"We did a thorough and exhaustive national search involving several candidates as identified by our consultant, Dr. Charles Knapp of Heidrick & Struggles," Shumaker said. "On the basis of all the information we gathered and the candidates to which we spoke, I am convinced Mike Hamilton is the right man at the right time to be the men's athletic director at the University of Tennessee."
http://www.utsports.com/genrel//051003aab.html
A few weeks later, Hamilton stated the "five core values" that would guide his tenure as AD:
* Complying with NCAA and SEC rules;
* Competing for championships;
* Running a financially sound operation;
* Graduating student-athletes; and
* Continuing a pattern of service to the community and state, with the athletics department as a positive role model.
Mike Hamilton - Athletics Director University of Tennessee Athletics
Feb. 6, 2003
KNOXVILLE--The University of Tennessee has launched a national search for an athletic director to succeed Doug Dickey at the helm of one of the nation's most respected and successful programs.
UT President John W. Shumaker said the university has issued a request for proposals for a firm to help develop the search process, a timeline and search requirements. He said it is hoped that the firm can be chosen by Feb. 24 and an offer made to the new athletic director by the end of April.
UT Launches Search for Athletic Director University of Tennessee Athletics
Three months later, the hiring (promotion) of Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations Mike Hamilton was announced:
May 10, 2003
University president John Shumaker, in a Saturday press conference, announced the hiring of Mike Hamilton as Tennessee's seventh director of athletics. Hamilton will succeed Doug Dickey, who is retiring June 30.
"We did a thorough and exhaustive national search involving several candidates as identified by our consultant, Dr. Charles Knapp of Heidrick & Struggles," Shumaker said. "On the basis of all the information we gathered and the candidates to which we spoke, I am convinced Mike Hamilton is the right man at the right time to be the men's athletic director at the University of Tennessee."
http://www.utsports.com/genrel//051003aab.html
A few weeks later, Hamilton stated the "five core values" that would guide his tenure as AD:
* Complying with NCAA and SEC rules;
* Competing for championships;
* Running a financially sound operation;
* Graduating student-athletes; and
* Continuing a pattern of service to the community and state, with the athletics department as a positive role model.
Mike Hamilton - Athletics Director University of Tennessee Athletics
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