WSU removes interim tag, names Anne McCoy as athletic director
Jun 25, 2024, 2:10 PM | Updated: 2:11 pm
Fans of the WSU Cougars during a college football game. (William Mancebo/Getty Images)
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Anne McCoy has been named the athletic director for the WSU Cougars after holding the interim role the past three months, the school announced Tuesday.
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McCoy was elevated into the interim athletic director role in March after Pat Chun left to take the same position at Washington. She has worked at Washington State since 2001.
“Anne’s experience within college athletics, her reputation among her peers, and most importantly, her passion and commitment to WSU, make her the perfect fit to move Cougar Athletics forward as our next director of athletics,” Washington State president Kirk Schulz said in a statement.
A huge Cougar congratulations to Anne McCoy as our new Athletics Director! Her experience and dedication to WSU Athletics are a winning combination to the success of WSU.
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— Washington State Cougars (@WSUCougars) June 25, 2024
McCoy will be charged with leading Washington State through an uncertain and likely turbulent next couple of years as the Cougars, along with Oregon State, try to forge a path forward as the only two remaining members of what was the Pac-12 Conference. The Cougars and Beavers will play a football schedule against mostly Mountain West Conference opponents for the upcoming season. They will also compete as affiliate members of the West Coast Conference in most other sports.
Washington State will compete as affiliate members of the Mountain West in baseball and women’s swimming as well.
During McCoy’s time as the interim athletic director, she led the search that ended in the hiring of David Riley as men’s basketball coach and signed women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge to a contract extension.
“Washington State University is an amazing and special place that has been a huge part of our family for over 23 years. It is home,” McCoy said. “Serving this institution with its tremendous history is an honor and one I don’t take lightly.”
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