How does Rutgers University propose to solve its PR nightmare and embattled sports program? Putting a woman in charge, for starters:
Reports Reuters:
Rutgers University picked a woman to head its athletic programs on Wednesday, as New Jersey’s largest public college looks to move on from a scandal that saw several top sports officials resign.
Julie Hermann, 49, who was a senior executive athletic director at the University of Louisville, will be the first woman to hold the post of athletic director at Rutgers.
Her predecessor, Tim Pernetti, resigned in early April after ESPN aired video showing the school’s then-head men’s basketball coach abusing players and berating them with homophobic slurs. The coach, Mike Rice, was fired. …
Hermann (said) the school’s sports programs will have a way to go to regain the trust of fans, alumni and students.
“I’m well aware that many people that support this institution were deeply hurt by what took place,” she said.
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