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• BeenTo2SUs said June 02, 2008

  UVa is an extremely well regarded university in higher ed circles, so it really shouldn't be surprising that the UVa AD is on the list. But is he even interested? The Florida and Stanford A.D.'s also make sense, especially Stanford, which has pretty strong women's athletic programs and is also an elite private institution. I still have to wonder though if any of these ADs are interested...

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• weisgipper said June 02, 2008

  It's still pretty much Gene Smith's of Ohio State's for the taking. Does he want to leave Columbus for his alma mater? Who knows.

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• BeenTo2SUs said June 02, 2008

  The Chicago Tribune is reporting a different shortlist of candidates:
  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/cs-080531-notre-dame-athletic-director,0,4533863.story
  
  Bubba Cunningham, Tulsa
  Steve Orsini, Southern Methodist
  Mike Bobinski, Xavier
  John Heisler, Notre Dame (senior associate AD)
  Gene Smith, Ohio State
  Bernard Muir, Georgetown

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• weisgipper said June 03, 2008

  Yes that's their (Chicago Tribune's) potential candidate list. The list I reported came from the ND Board of Director's and Fr. Jenkin's (ND President) Office.

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• BeenTo2SUs said June 03, 2008

  Gene Smith says he's not leaving Columbus:
  http://ohiostate.scout.com/2/759395.html

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• BeenTo2SUs said June 05, 2008

  Orsini says he hasn't heard from ND yet:
  http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/060508dnsposmushort.6071184e.html

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