MU interim chancellor forms search committee for new athletic director

Interim Missouri chancellor Hank Foley on Friday announced the formation of a search committee to find the Tigers’ next athletic director.

The committee will work with Foley and consultant Todd Turner of Collegiate Sports Associates to find a replacement for Mack Rhoades, who left Mizzou after 15 months to become the athletic director at Baylor.

The five members of the search committee are:

▪ Darryl Chatman, alumni representative and deputy director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture

▪ Sarah Reesman, executive associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at Mizzou

▪ Phil Snowden, University of Missouri Board of Curators member

▪ Don Walsworth, alumni representative and former curators chair

▪ Christina Wells, faculty athletics representative and MU law professor

Foley also said interim chief of staff Brian Milner would support the committee.

“We are confident that we will be able to attract another outstanding candidate to lead our athletic program into the future,” Foley said in the release. “As a member of the SEC, we have an exceptionally bright future and are proud of the accomplishments of our student-athletes.

“We will be working hard to find the best leader as soon as possible.”

This story was originally published July 22, 2016 at 10:31 AM with the headline "MU interim chancellor forms search committee for new athletic director."