Clapacs fills in as McNeely resigns
Veteran IU administrator Terry Clapacs was named interim athletic director Friday, as Michael McNeely resigned from the position 16 months after taking the job.
Veteran IU administrator Terry Clapacs was named interim athletic director Friday, as Michael McNeely resigned from the position 16 months after taking the job.
During a weekend in which nine IU athletic teams were in action, there was not much time to grieve over the resignation of Athletic Director Michael McNeely.
Michael McNeely's 16-month stint as IU athletic director is officially over. President Myles Brand accepted McNeely's resignation today after speculation swirled yesterday that he would be fired. McNeely left Assembly Hall after a meeting with Brand Wednesday and was not at work Thursday. Friday, he resigned.
Michael McNeely, the man who orchestrated a complete overhaul of the IU sports brand, is leaving the University after just 16 months on the job, sources in the athletic department said Thursday evening. Official sources within the University would not comment on McNeely's status with IU.
In what could be its last game of the season the field hockey team heads to Columbus, Ohio this weekend for the Big Ten tournament. The Hoosiers will take on the Michigan State today at 10 a.m. If the 7th seeded Hoosiers don't pull off an upset, their season is over. IU is coming off of a 1-1 weekend where they fell to Northwestern, then turned around the next day to defeat Colgate, 1-0.
The women's swim team is continuing the wave of success that carried them to 10th place in the NCAA last year by winning the first three meets of their season. On Saturday, the women's swimming and diving team will be looking to notch another victory as they host Northwestern in a dual meet at 1 p.m. at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Complex.
The IU men's swimming and diving team is ready to play host to No. 18 Northwestern 1 p.m. Saturday at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The 3-0 Hoosiers have been working hard in practice all week to prepare to upset the Wildcats.
A lake of Michigans will pour into the University Gym this weekend for the match against the Hoosier volleyball team. IU faces the 25th ranked Michigan State Spartans Friday and the Michigan Wolverines Saturday. Standing at 6-6 in the Big Ten, this weekend is a pivotal point for the Hoosiers' conference season.
The IU hockey team will try to end a three-game skid this weekend in Chicago, Ill. The Hoosiers (2-3-0) will play two games against No. 19 Robert Morris College (8-5-0) in their second division I series of the year.
IU could not find redemption Thursday afternoon in East Lansing in the first round of the tournament. Purdue beat IU 1-0 for the second time this season in the fifth minute of overtime to advance to the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.
The women's tennis team is back in action today after returning from the Midwest Regional Championships in East Lansing, Michigan last week.
IU's soccer team was well represented Wednesday when the Missouri Athletic Club announced the finalists for college soccer's player of the year. Seniors Pat Noonan and Ryan Mack were named as two of the 15 finalists for the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy. Mack and Noonan are the only pair of teammates on the finalists list. Hoosier coach Jerry Yeagley said his senior duo is worthy of the praise which comes along with being named finalists.
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Despite its being an exhibition game, the IU women's basketball team is not underestimating the importance of such a game. The Hoosiers take on Premier Sports in their first of two exhibition games this season at 5 p.m. tonight in Assembly Hall.
Last year's exhibition game against IU didn't go so well for Athletes in Action. The Hoosiers jumped out to a 19-0 lead to start the game, and didn't look back, posting a 105-59 shellacking over AIA.
NCAA rules prohibit any game from ending in a tie. Therefore, Saturday's game between Michigan State (3-6, 1-4 Big Ten), losers of four straight, and IU (3-6, 1-4 Big Ten), losers of three straight, must produce a winner. For the Spartans, the game will come on the heels of a week that could be considered one of the lowest points in the history of the program.
Michael McNeely, the man who orchestrated the complete overhaul of the IU sports brand, is leaving IU after just 16 months on the job, sources in the athletic department said Thursday evening. IU Spokesman Bill Stephan told the IDS late Thursday that the University has taken no action with McNeely.
As students recover from the initial shock of finding that men's basketball season ticket packages will be reduced, they can find solace in the next two weeks when refund checks will be mailed out for the games that are being deducted.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Manager Dusty Baker is leaving the San Francisco Giants less than two weeks after leading them to the World Series. General manager Brian Sabean made the announcement Wednesday, the day Baker's contract expired.
The 2002 Big Ten women's volleyball season has been full of ups and downs for IU, with winning streaks and losing streaks trading off to a hard-fought .500 rating within the conference. While the Hoosiers sixth standing in the conference puts them in the middle of the conference, the Hoosiers have managed to overcome ranked opponents including Big Ten rivals Penn State and Wisconsin.