Adams names Frank Crumley interim AD, will look outside for Evans’ successor (UPDATED)
UGA president Michael F. Adams (left) announces the appointment of Frank Crumley (right) as interim athletic director on Tuesday. (Photo by Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com)
(Click here for full report on Adams’ news conference.)
ATHENS — University of Georgia President Michael Adams on Tuesday named Frank Crumley interim athletics director and appointed a search committee to seek a permanent successor to Damon Evans.
Adams said the search for a new AD could last as long as six to 12 months, and he said UGA would look first at outside candidates for the position. In the meantime, Crumley, who had been executive associate AD for finance and administration under Evans, will oversee the athletics department.
While acknowledging the difficulty and sadness of recent days, Adams said: “We still have important work to do, and it is time for us to move on.”
He named UGA law professor and faculty athletics representative David Shipley to serve as chairman of the search committee. Also on the committee: Swann Seiler, a member of the UGA Athletic Board; Jack Bauerle, UGA’s swim coach; Tom Landrum, UGA’s senior vice president for external affairs; Carla Williams, the senior associate athletics director; and student representative Robert “Trey” Sinyard.
Shipley said that, given the academic calendar and the “caliber of candidates we’re going to be getting,” he expects the process to be protracted.
“To say we could get somebody much earlier than the New Year would be really, really optimistic,” he said.
One revelation from Tuesday’s news conference was Adams’ inclination to hire Evans’ successor from elsewhere, although he did not rule out the possibility of Crumley or others on the current staff eventually becoming candidates.
“I think we have three or four people currently on the staff who are very, very strong people,” Adams said. “But my first look in this case is going to be outside.”
The reason, he said, is that “I want an outside opinion to take a hard look at what we’re doing and how we’re doing it. As well as we’re doing it, can we do it better?”
He said he’s seeking a person with a high level of athletics experience, although he stopped short of limiting the field to someone who is or has been a major-college athletics director.
“This is one of the five or six best AD jobs in America, in my opinion, and I can assure you there’s no shortage of interest,” Adams said.
As the search committee does its work, Crumley will be in charge.
He has worked in the Georgia athletics administration in a variety of roles since 1991 and was chief financial officer under Evans. Georgia has one of the nation’s strongest athletics programs financially, with current cash reserves of about $60 million. Crumley also has been responsible for day-to-day operations.
Crumley said Adams asked him Sunday if he’d step in as interim AD.
“I said, ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘Do you want to sleep on it?’” Crumley said. “I said, ‘Absolutely not. I’ll do whatever I can.’
“If anything comes up,” Crumley said, “I’ll lean on the president and the senior VPs and the Athletic Board for guidance. And other than that, we’ll chug along.”
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DeputyDawg
July 6th, 2010
11:13 pm
Hey, is them Boots made for walking? Well, jes walk right on out of here!
col fot
July 6th, 2010
11:33 pm
Lets see Evans got $237,000, after taxes and fine he’ll clear about $125,000 with no job and no prospects. He was in position to be rich man, do you think the DUI and the red panties were worth it,
me don’t think so.
Damon Evans
July 7th, 2010
12:00 am
Congrats Frank! When and where is the party??!!!!!
Vince's Dooley
July 7th, 2010
12:26 am
Yo, what up Playah?
“Keepin’ one eye open, still clockin’ the hos. There was one particular girl that stood out from the rest. Poison as can be with a high-powered chest …now you know”
Red Rover
July 7th, 2010
12:35 am
Mcgarity is the Greatest ever. Why has no one else hired him?
Red Rover
July 7th, 2010
12:41 am
Bueller?
dagnabit
July 7th, 2010
12:57 am
I’m going to THE GAME this year and bring a pair of red panties to wave every time tech scores. Should wear my arm out.
Sweat Socks
July 7th, 2010
1:02 am
Seriously, take those guys out of their matching blue blazer and red tie ensemble and put them in overalls next to a moonshine still–with the same expressions on their faces. They might as well be talking their way out of a ’shine’ bust.
Context.
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July 7th, 2010
4:01 am
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bitter damon evans"
July 7th, 2010
4:54 am
damn 2 million dollar panties!!!~!
bitter buck bulue
July 7th, 2010
4:55 am
i can do more than hand the ball to #34
bitter tennersa fan
July 7th, 2010
5:02 am
ya should ask me sistar to help recruit a ‘a.d.”, for ya, she/he got da”trick to sign here for the big orangee. she knowns mr. nance and his crapet bissness not going well in calhoun goega, he would be a googin to pick. speaking of pickin my noise itchin. p.s. we got nancy boy to, hahahaah
bitter little red wolf
July 7th, 2010
5:10 am
ill huff and puff and blow a race card up your blank untill you give in and hire a black person he/she!!! come on say something race race race, ill run you too, i run this state!!!
BuLLdawg
July 7th, 2010
6:14 am
June 30 to January to replace the AD at UGA ?
God Almighty, Michael F. Adam$.
Don’t want to make the next mistake like you did last time FIRING Vince Dooley for this yes man clown of yours Michael F. Adam$ ?
Great A.D. No doubt. Everyone wanted an Indoor Practice Facility and a gym with more than 10,000 seats and he instead Kowtowed to your wishes that we get neither before we give Adam$ million upon millions from those who swore we would never give monies to him, not 1 dime, and not before we came up with the cash up-front for both, disregarding the known world all use 30-year mortgages with payback ROI to buy Real Estate.
I see it took you 5 days to fire your yes man and give him a quarter of a million dollars you have no control of whatsoever.
And, that is what bothers you Michael F. Adam$ and always has.
Reality Stinks
July 7th, 2010
7:38 am
Enter your comments here
AltamahaDawg
July 7th, 2010
7:43 am
Then dont hire McGarity because UF doesn’t have an indoor practice facility either. Of cource it never storms in central Florida. Not every single day .
AltamahaDawg
July 7th, 2010
7:45 am
BTW 30 year morgages?really? Fannie Mae isn’t exactly a commercial lender.
Reality Stinks
July 7th, 2010
7:47 am
Deputy Dope
Why dont you hand cuff yourself to a tree you Michael Adams loving dope
Your a delusional idiot.
Adams has brought nothing but controversy to UGA since he has been here.
Oh and Adams wanted the NCAA commissioners job but no one wanted that to happen, and I wonder why
So why dont you and Evans love interest go handcuff yourselves both to a tree you Yes Man Wanna Be
AltamahaDawg
July 7th, 2010
8:04 am
stick a “t” up there would ya
Iblameurparents
July 7th, 2010
8:57 am
George Wynn for AD! He has my vote!
ugaclassof2004
July 7th, 2010
9:23 am
No way McGarity gets the job. Besides do we actually know if this McGarity guy is any good at what he does? He could be just be a cog in the Florida machine. If he’s so good, then how come he hasn’t become an AD yet? That’s a legitimate question to ask. Everyone was so gung ho about Kirby Smart, and now everyone is on the Todd Grantham bandwagon before we have even seen him coach. Just because these guys have been successful with good organizations doesn’t necessarily mean that it will transfer to other places.It seems like the AJC just throws names out there so that we can get all fired up about them on the blogs. My bet is that it will be some obscure candidate that few people have heard of, like a Mark Fox. Someone who has decent experience and who will fit into Adams corporate image.
Red Panties
July 7th, 2010
9:23 am
I’m lost?
Dawgtards ruin this state
July 7th, 2010
9:25 am
What will UGA do to embarrass the State of Georgia Today and the SEC today?
bo Williams
July 7th, 2010
10:39 am
Perfect example of why UGa is perceived the way it is. At UNC, Duke and UVa, their presidents are going about the business of building better universities. At UGa, their president is wallowing in the bog surrounding UGa athletics.
gymdawg fan
July 7th, 2010
10:41 am
YOCULAN—at least she can win!
SHRCOACH
July 7th, 2010
10:43 am
Go ahead and hire Buck!!
Dawghater
July 7th, 2010
10:45 am
The good news is Evans was hanging out with a “Asset Manager” so she can help him manage the assets he’ll have left when his wife cleans him out. Evans just called Tiger to get a referral to the Sex Addition Clinic. WOOF WOOF Wimper Wimper!
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AltamahaDawg
July 7th, 2010
12:23 pm
Asset manager is a fancy word for reservation clerk.
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MBMSR
July 7th, 2010
2:04 pm
All sing along now with UGA’s new fight song.:
Panties in your lap, panties in your lap,
looking like a fool with her panties in your lap.
Went to Atlanta on a Wednesday night,
Got caught by the bright blue lights.
Drinking with my new lady friend,
On the way to her place to take a little nap,
when I got with her panties in my lap.
Panties in your lap, panties in your lap,
looking like a fool with her panties in your lap.
POAD
July 7th, 2010
3:42 pm
gyndawg Yoculan is a HO! She is shacked up with a married man. The Big UGA Booster. UGA can’t take the heat to hire Yoculan for sure. The Lady is a Tramp bigger than Evans.
Long Gator
July 7th, 2010
4:10 pm
I suggest you hire a Gator. At least then someone will know how to
win championships.
What a joke you guys are !!!!
Darrell
July 7th, 2010
5:35 pm
Christian Lemay – another Damon Evans/UGA thug wannabe.
He’ll fit right in.
AltamahaDawg
July 7th, 2010
11:15 pm
20 million amortized over 30 years, lets see. That becomes 45 million for an indoor practise facility that gets used, oh let’s say a lot. 15 days a year that you simply cannot move drills up or back a couple of hours. Well, sweet potato pie……$100,000 every time they step foot in there. “everybody” wants that!
Somebody call Jeremy Foley and give him this great ROI secret.
Chuck UGA
July 7th, 2010
11:19 pm
A number of losers responding on here. Bet they disappear like a fart in the wind when UGA wins the SEC East this season.
Dooley recommended Evans for the job. It was a GREAT hire. Regardless of Evans’ personal problems, he is a hell of a good guy. He will get straight and move on. I am proud to have had him as AD. This was one time when Adams listened to Dooley’s recommendation. Now we move on to the next stage and hope for a good hire. This situation will have absolutely NOTHING to do with the football program, recruiting or the season’s outcome. How anyone could associate the two is comical.
Chuck UGA
July 7th, 2010
11:21 pm
Long Gator = the usual Gator fan who has absolutely NO CLUE what goes on outside the State of Florida. Grab your bong and keep on keepin’ on you idiot.
tide roll
July 8th, 2010
12:32 am
UGA IS ONE NASTY PLACE.