Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne is expected to accept the same position at the University of Alabama per Arizona Daily Star columnist Greg Hansen via Twitter. Byrne has been the AD in Tucson since 2010.
“Expect Arizona AD Greg Byrne to be named Alabama’s athletic director as soon as Monday,” Hansen said in a Tweet.
The news comes after current Alabama athletic director Bill Battle will reportedly step down after battling cancer. With SEC ties, Byrne should come as no surprise for the job, especially after his rumored courting from the University of Florida last year.
Prior to Arizona, Byrne was previously the associate AD at Kentucky from 2002-2005 and Mississippi State from 2006-2008.