The University of Illinois and Chancellor Barbara Wilson fired Athletic Director Mike Thomas today after a tumultuous five-year tenure.
Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson announced today via University email the "without cause separation" of the University and the school's athletic department from Athletic Director Mike Thomas.
Thomas was entering his fifth year as head of the athletic department after his hiring from the University of Cincinnati in 2011. Highlights of Thomas's tenure included a massive renovation of the State Farm Center, a smaller renovation of Memorial Stadium, and a rise to national prominence in several winter and spring sports.