Post by elp525 on Jun 10, 2010 5:08:44 GMT -5
Thursday June 10, 2010
by Mike Casazza
Daily Mail sports writer
MORGANTOWN - A Houston television station reported Wednesday night former West Virginia quarterback Oliver Luck will leave his job as the president and general manager of the Major League Soccer franchise the Houston Dynamo to become his alma mater's next athletic director.
Fox 26 in Houston cited unnamed sources in its report and said Luck would stay on through the rest of the season to help the team in its quest to build a new stadium.
Spokespersons for the Dynamo and WVU could not be reached for comment.
The Dynamo's final regular-season game is Oct. 23. Current Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong is set to retire June 30 and transition into an emeritus position, but has said repeatedly he'd stay on as long as WVU needed.
Last week Luck, 50, told Daily Mail contributor Mickey Furfari he wouldn't be the next AD and said, "I couldn't be interested in that position at this time."
Luck, who has been on WVU's Board of Governors since June 2008, was immediately mentioned with the vacancy created March 3 when WVU confirmed Pastilong's future. Also involved were Ohio University Director of Athletics Jim Schaus, Kentucky's Deputy Director of Athletics Rob Mullens, Missouri Executive Associate Athletic Director Whit Babcock, and Joe Safety, the vice president of communications for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Sources told the Daily Mail at least two ADs from major conferences and one person in professional sports were involved.
Luck was a Rhodes Scholar finalist at WVU and has a law degree from the University of Texas. He was CEO of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and an NFL executive. He worked as the GM of two World League of American Football franchises and was the vice president of business and development and then the president and CEO of NFL Europe.
Luck played at WVU from 1978-82 and was a two-time academic All-American. He was a second-round pick by the Houston Oilers and played five seasons in the NFL. His son, Andrew, is on the same track and as a redshirt freshman last year led the Pac 10 and was in the top 10 nationally in passing efficiency for Stanford. Luck has one daughter enrolling at Stanford this year and has children in high school and middle school.
by Mike Casazza
Daily Mail sports writer
MORGANTOWN - A Houston television station reported Wednesday night former West Virginia quarterback Oliver Luck will leave his job as the president and general manager of the Major League Soccer franchise the Houston Dynamo to become his alma mater's next athletic director.
Fox 26 in Houston cited unnamed sources in its report and said Luck would stay on through the rest of the season to help the team in its quest to build a new stadium.
Spokespersons for the Dynamo and WVU could not be reached for comment.
The Dynamo's final regular-season game is Oct. 23. Current Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong is set to retire June 30 and transition into an emeritus position, but has said repeatedly he'd stay on as long as WVU needed.
Last week Luck, 50, told Daily Mail contributor Mickey Furfari he wouldn't be the next AD and said, "I couldn't be interested in that position at this time."
Luck, who has been on WVU's Board of Governors since June 2008, was immediately mentioned with the vacancy created March 3 when WVU confirmed Pastilong's future. Also involved were Ohio University Director of Athletics Jim Schaus, Kentucky's Deputy Director of Athletics Rob Mullens, Missouri Executive Associate Athletic Director Whit Babcock, and Joe Safety, the vice president of communications for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Sources told the Daily Mail at least two ADs from major conferences and one person in professional sports were involved.
Luck was a Rhodes Scholar finalist at WVU and has a law degree from the University of Texas. He was CEO of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and an NFL executive. He worked as the GM of two World League of American Football franchises and was the vice president of business and development and then the president and CEO of NFL Europe.
Luck played at WVU from 1978-82 and was a two-time academic All-American. He was a second-round pick by the Houston Oilers and played five seasons in the NFL. His son, Andrew, is on the same track and as a redshirt freshman last year led the Pac 10 and was in the top 10 nationally in passing efficiency for Stanford. Luck has one daughter enrolling at Stanford this year and has children in high school and middle school.
