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'''Mark Hollis''' was the [[athletic director]] at [[Michigan State University]], succeeding [[Ron Mason]] on January 1, 2008.<ref>"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/genrel/091207aab.html Mark Hollis Named MSU Athletics Director-Designate]". ''MSU Spartans.com''. Accessed July 11, 2008.</ref> Hollis retired on January 26, 2018 |
'''Mark Hollis''' was the [[athletic director]] at [[Michigan State University]], succeeding [[Ron Mason]] on January 1, 2008.<ref>"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/genrel/091207aab.html Mark Hollis Named MSU Athletics Director-Designate]". ''MSU Spartans.com''. Accessed July 11, 2008.</ref> Hollis retired on January 26, 2018 |
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==Career== |
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Hollis was responsible for hiring former [[Eastern Michigan University]] [[baseball]] head coach [[Jake Boss]].<ref>"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/bossjr_jake00.html Player Bio: Jake Boss Jr.]". ''MSU Spartans.com''. Accessed July 11, 2008.</ref> |
Hollis was responsible for hiring former [[Eastern Michigan University]] [[baseball]] head coach [[Jake Boss]].<ref>"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/bossjr_jake00.html Player Bio: Jake Boss Jr.]". ''MSU Spartans.com''. Accessed July 11, 2008.</ref> |
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Hollis retired on January 26, 2018 |
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However, Hollis's athletic department came under heavy scrutiny as it was revealed that former gymnastics team doctor Larry Nasser was being prosecuted for sexually assaulting numerous gymnasts over the course of nearly two decades. Members of the media called for leading figures at the university, Hollis included, to step down as a consequence<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/christinebrennan/2018/01/24/there-more-who-must-pay-price-larry-nassar-scandal/1062898001/ |title=There are more who must pay a price for Larry Nassar scandal}}</ref>. |
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On January 26, 2018, Hollis retired, claiming that he was "not running away from anything, I am running toward something." |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 14:43, 1 March 2018
Mark Hollis was the athletic director at Michigan State University, succeeding Ron Mason on January 1, 2008.[1] Hollis retired on January 26, 2018
Career
Hollis graduated from Croswell-Lexington High School in Michigan class of 1980. He earned a BA in communication from Michigan State University in 1985 and an MBA from the University of Colorado in 1992. Hollis was a basketball team manager under former head coach Jud Heathcote throughout his undergraduate education at Michigan State. Between his BA and MBA, Hollis worked for the Western Athletic Conference under Commissioner Joseph Kearney, who had previously been athletic director at Michigan State.
Hollis was named athletic director on January 1, 2008 and has been a part of the Michigan State athletic department from 1995 until his retirement on January 26, 2018.
Hollis was praised for his marketing abilities, helping to stage unusual athletic contests such as the Cold War, an outdoor ice hockey match-up between rivals Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, as as Basketbowl, a 2003 match-up between Michigan State University and the University of Kentucky played at Ford Field, and the 2011 Carrier Classic basketball game aboard the USS Carl Vinson, between Michigan State and North Carolina. Hollis was responsible for hiring former Eastern Michigan University baseball head coach Jake Boss.[2]
Hollis retired on January 26, 2018
Personal life
He and his wife Nancy have a daughter and two sons.
References
- ^ "Mark Hollis Named MSU Athletics Director-Designate". MSU Spartans.com. Accessed July 11, 2008.
- ^ "Player Bio: Jake Boss Jr.". MSU Spartans.com. Accessed July 11, 2008.