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Asmussen | Whitman embracing what's to come in March
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 8—CHAMPAIGN — Josh Whitman knows March will be a busy month for him. But the seventh-year Illinois athletic director certainly doesn't mind. Especially when it looks like both Illini basketball ...
Whitman: Changes both complete and upcoming for Memorial Stadium
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 25—CHAMPAIGN — Josh Whitman and the Illinois athletics department have overseen numerous facility upgrades and creations in recent years. Among the highest-profile are the Smith Center's ...
New details in Whitman's deal: $1.725 million base pay in 2028, 6 retention bonuses of $300,000 to...
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoNov. 9—URBANA — Josh Whitman's annual base pay would jump from $1.5 million to $1.725 million in 2028 under the terms of the proposed three-year contract extension for the athletic director ...
Asmussen | Yes, Mr. Whitman. I have a question.
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJun. 21—On Wednesday afternoon at Demirjian Park, Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman will hold his annual media roundtable. The session runs an hour-plus and includes reporters from newspapers ...
How Illini AD's paycheck compares to Big Ten peers
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoNov. 3—Want to purchase today's print edition? Here's a map of single-copy locations. Here's what the Big Ten athletic director guaranteed compensation chart will look like this month, when ...
USC athletic director search: world-class ADs who would clearly succeed
Trojans Wire via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoThe USC athletic director search could be a long and winding road, a journey with a lot of twists...
Whitman weighs in on Friday night football, IHSA on-campus matters
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 28—CHAMPAIGN — It's been nearly two years since Illinois football has played a Friday night game at Memorial Stadium. The most recent occurrence of this was Sept. 17, 2021, when the Illini ...
Quick hits with the AD: 'We're just getting started'
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoJul. 15—The first Illinois athletic event of the 2023-24 school year is a little more than a month away when Illinois women's soccer hosts Loyola Chicago at 7 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Demirjian Park ...
How Indiana AD Scott Dolson played facilitator role in Big Ten’s latest round of expansion
The Herald-Times via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoBLOOMINGTON — The Big Ten's road to 18 teams went through Bloomington. Or to be more precise, it...
Asmussen | 'Integrity umbrella' in place to keep Illini on their toes
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoJul. 16—CHAMPAIGN — Radio silence continues at Northwestern less than a week after the football program got turned upside down with the firing of Pat Fitzgerald, the team's all-time winningest ...