Pete Isakson will serve as interim athletic director at the University of Idaho at least until next summer, outgoing President Chuck Staben announced Friday.
Isakson was named acting athletic director April 3 when Rob Spear was placed on administrative leave. Spear was fired by the State Board of Education on Aug. 16.
Staben named Isakson interim athletic director on Friday.
“It is in the best interests of our student-athletes, our athletics department and the university that the next president select a permanent athletic director,” Staben wrote in a letter to the university community. “Therefore, Pete’s appointment will be indefinite, through the remainder of my presidency.