East Carolina selects search committee to find next AD

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GREENVILLE, Pitt County —
East Carolina University has put together a 13-member search committee to find candidates and eventually select a new athletics director.
ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton announced the committee, which includes current AD Dave Hart, who is serving the position until a full-time replacement is found.
“Weareverypleasedwiththeprogressspecialadviser DaveHarthasmadeinreviewing andadvisingusonareasofimprovementneededtoreachallofourgoalsinathletics. Becauseofthosemonthsofwork,I believethetimingis now right tobringonboardanAD whowillleadPirate athleticsintoitsnextera,”saidStaton in a press release.“Iremainveryappreciativeof theexpertiseandassistancethatDavehasbroughttoourathleticsdepartment,andIlook forwardtohiscontinuingsupportasweworktoputthisprogramonatrackforlong-term success.”
Thecommitteeexpectsto holditsfirstmeeting inNovember. Membersofthesearchcommitteeareasfollows:
-- CecilStaton (co-chair),chancellorofECU.
-- DaveHart (co-chair),specialadvisortothechancellorforathleticsandformerECU athleticdirector.
-- MarkCopeland,memberoftheECUBoardofTrustees andmanagingpartnerforErnst & Young.
-- VernDavenport,memberof theECUBoardofTrustees, partneratNovaQuestCapital ManagementandformerECUstudentathlete.
-- TimMartin,presidentoftheECUEducationalFoundation(PirateClub).
-- CarlRogers,pastpresidentof theECUEducationalFoundation.
-- Cal Christian,professorofaccounting intheCollegeofBusiness andfacultyathletic representativeof theECUEducationalFoundation.
-- CliffGodwin,headcoachofECUbaseballandformerECUstudentathlete.
-- SaraThorndike,vicechancellorforadministration andfinance.
-- JeffPopke,chairofthefacultyandprofessorofgeography intheThomasHarriotCollege ofArtsandSciences.
-- JJMcLamb,seniorassociateathleticsdirectorforinternaloperations.
-- RosieThompson,formerseniorassociateathleticsdirector,seniorwomen’s administrator,andformerECUstudentathlete.
-- LaKeshaAlstonForbes,associateprovostforequityanddiversity.
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