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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Utah State athletic director Randy Spetman, a retired Air Force colonel with nearly a dozen years' experience running college athletic departments, was named Monday to take over Florida State's troubled program.
Spetman, 55, replaces interim athletic director Bill Proctor, who took over several weeks ago after the school bought out the final 13 months of Dave Hart Jr.'s contract. Hart left in December.
Spetman agreed to a five-year contract with Florida State. The deal was still being completed and a salary was not immediately announced. Spetman then headed back to Logan, Utah, to formally resign later Monday. He said he hoped to be on the job at Florida State by the middle of next week.
Some significant issues are awaiting him at Florida State, which has been bogged down for months with an academic cheating scandal.
The school's major athletic programs -- football, basketball and baseball -- also have slumped in recent years while only its track and women's soccer programs have flourished. The cheating scandal affects several sports and will keep up to a dozen key players out of Florida State's first three football games in September.
The Seminoles won a pair of national football championships in the 1990s, but have fallen out of their dominating position in the Atlantic Coast Conference in recent years as coach Bobby Bowden winds down his long and successful career at the school.
"My goal is to continue to build on this storied tradition and to make sure that we serve this university well," Spetman said.
"Serving with the likes of legendary coach Bowden and the many other great coaches here, we will continue to compete for national championships," Spetman said. "And we will see that our student athletes graduate with a meaningful degree."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/02/04/fsu.spetman.ap/index.html
Spetman, 55, replaces interim athletic director Bill Proctor, who took over several weeks ago after the school bought out the final 13 months of Dave Hart Jr.'s contract. Hart left in December.
Spetman agreed to a five-year contract with Florida State. The deal was still being completed and a salary was not immediately announced. Spetman then headed back to Logan, Utah, to formally resign later Monday. He said he hoped to be on the job at Florida State by the middle of next week.
Some significant issues are awaiting him at Florida State, which has been bogged down for months with an academic cheating scandal.
The school's major athletic programs -- football, basketball and baseball -- also have slumped in recent years while only its track and women's soccer programs have flourished. The cheating scandal affects several sports and will keep up to a dozen key players out of Florida State's first three football games in September.
The Seminoles won a pair of national football championships in the 1990s, but have fallen out of their dominating position in the Atlantic Coast Conference in recent years as coach Bobby Bowden winds down his long and successful career at the school.
"My goal is to continue to build on this storied tradition and to make sure that we serve this university well," Spetman said.
"Serving with the likes of legendary coach Bowden and the many other great coaches here, we will continue to compete for national championships," Spetman said. "And we will see that our student athletes graduate with a meaningful degree."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/02/04/fsu.spetman.ap/index.html
