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#10: "Fake news, boys." That's Texas AD Del Conte after reports hit the wire that he had been ejected from the Longhorns' FB tilt with Texas Tech. Turns out, Del Conte was standing near some fans who were razzing the UT sideline & simply started walking away, though it look like he was being escorted off the field. (link, link)
#9: Plane tracking continues in Lawrence, as reports indicate Kansas AD Long flew to Colorado Springs Tuesday. Oh the drama. (link)
#8: Penn State Deputy AD Esten heads back to his alma mater, DIII St. Thomas (MN), for his first crack at an AD job. Esten will exit once the Nittany Lions FB season is complete, "I have a strong passion for the impact athletics can have on student-athletes and the broader community. Marrying that with my affinity to my alma mater is something I’m really excited about." PSU AD Barbour lauds Esten's contributions in State College & the linked PennLive article indicates Barbour is "likely" to execute a national search to find Esten's replacement. (link, link)
#7: Accordingly, Yahoo's Thamel goes in, again, on the HC carousel, runs through the situation at USC where he specifically calls out Trojans Senior Assoc. AD/COO/CFO Lopes for going along with AD Swann on the new contract for FB boss Helton. Thinks North Carolina AD Cunningham will decide to make a change, expects longtime Kansas State HC Snyder to step down, thinks an experienced HC is needed at Maryland, gets feedback that former Terps HC Durkin could land as a DC at a low profile P5 & not cause many media waves, thinks UMass AD Bamford will make a change, more. (link)
#6: Updates on the Vanderbilt AD search: USA Today's Wolken indicates NBA G League Prez Turner has interviewed, while Commodores beat reporter Lee says Army West PointAD Corrigan is no longer involved. (link, link)
#5: Robert Morris AD Coleman will step away from the Colonials department to return to private psychiatry practice. Coleman, who has led RMU for the past 13 years & also serves as the university's Softball HC, "I'm extremely grateful to the university for the opportunity to have served the athletic department as athletic director and coach." Coleman's official departure date is December 7th, at which time Senior Assoc. AD Galosi will take the reigns on an interim basis while a full search is conducted. (link)
#4: UMKC will announce former Cal State Northridge AD Martin as its new leader in a presser this morning. Martin exited the Matadors' department back in May, also spent a handful of years as Senior Assoc. AD for Administration at Oklahoma. (link)
#3:Deadspin's McKenna with a super long look at the feud between former George Washington AD Nero & former Colonials MBB HC Lonergan that eventually led both out of Foggy Bottom. The piece includes pictures & video of Nero allegedly fraternizing with recently graduated GW student-athletes, reports of Nero giving some student-athletes nominal amounts of cash out of his own pocket, consistently being intoxicated on a MBB trip to Italy & much more. Further, Lonergan looks to have gone to former university Prez Knapp to complain about Nero's behavior & involvement as the piece also recounts details around Lonergan's departure, which happened before Nero stepped aside. Around a month ago Nero was communicating with Deadspin about a statement, which he indicated would need to be coordinated with the university, but no such statement ever came. There's lots of anonymous comments both defending & blaming both former leaders. (link)
#2: Utah AD Harlan moved into his home in Salt Lake Thursday, but check out which school's logo was on the moving truck. (link)
#1: Former Ohio State FB AC Smith is on the loose again, takes to Twitter to tell Texas HC & former fellow Buckeyes staffer Herman that he plans to air out a bunch of past behavior, including alleged extramarital affairs & Herman's drinking habits. Smith even posted a screen shot of a text message thread with Herman telling him he's going public, Herman responds, "Ok. Sounds good. Hook Em [hook em emoji]!" More. (link); No comment from the Texas department. (link)
