J Batt leaves Michigan State for Kentucky athletic director role Who will replace J Batt as Michigan State's athletic director?
The departure of J Batt from Michigan State leaves a leadership void that could impact the program's future direction.
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Mixed reaction 33% negative · 22% positive 27 reactions The University of Kentucky has hired athletic director J Batt away from Michigan State, a little more than a year after he left Georgia Tech. Kentucky announced the move on…
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Mark Hollis tells AP he's interested in Michigan State AD job after Kentucky hires J Batt u/CramblinDuvetAdv in
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@brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social Kentucky announces the hire of J Batt as Uk’s new AD. Batt didn’t stay long at Michigan State. He was there for a little over 365 days. He made some big moves then bolted, firing…
▶ Load post Kentucky announces the hire of J Batt as Uk’s new AD. Batt didn’t stay long at Michigan State. He was there for a little over 365 days. He made some big moves then bolted, firing coach Jonathan Smith who MSU hired two years earlier and replaced him with Pat Fitzgerald.
— Bruce Feldman (@brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social) 2026-06-15T13:48:46.297Z Leader. Innovator. The man for the job. BBN, welcome J Batt as the CEO of Champions Blue, LLC and UK Athletics Director.
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Former GT Athletic Director announced as Kentucky Athletic Director u/hairydawg69 in
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It’s sounding like he applied to Virginia Tech, Purdue, and Wisconsin. Dude was jonesing to leave. So to be clear, we fired our previous do nothing front office. Then actively…
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Kentucky wasn’t the only job that J Batt applied to u/Byzantine_Merchant in
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“Batt will average $3 million annually, making him one of the highest-paid ADs in college sports, starting with a total of $2,600,000 in 2026-27 — $400K in base salary, $2.2M in…
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J Batt contract details are out -- and Kentucky's new AD got PAID! u/BillButtlickerII in
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Well anytime there is a leadership change people tend to look to jump ship. This has more to do with our horrible BOT more than anything. Batt worked closely with the president &…
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He had the courage to fire a coach that went 5-7 and 4-8 in his last two seasons and replace him with a coach that went 3-9 and 1-11 in his last two seasons. If we loss Batt, and…
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J Batt didn't fall for Northwestern's deception. He knew that Northwestern fired Coach Fitz because he went 1-8 in Conference 3 of his last 4 seasons and the hazing scandal was just a convenient excuse. Now, MSU risks losing him to UK, BOT should triple or quadruple his salary. He's the best u/peaceonearth8 in
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This year, @KentuckyMBB is a top 15 preseason team & really fits together well. They'll have depth, ball distribution & athleticism. @DrewByousBBN breaks it all down here in his…
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Is Kentucky a top 15 team? u/Reasonable-Water-737 in
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