Josh Whitman is the newest athletic director in the Big Ten. How the league’s athletic leaders stack up in terms of seniority and age (*interim):
ILLINOIS
AD: Josh Whitman
Age: 37
Starting: March 21, 2016
MINNESOTA
AD: Beth Goetz*
Age: 41
AD since: Aug. 7, 2015
MICHIGAN
AD: Warde Manuel
Age: 48
AD since: Jan. 29, 2016
NEBRASKA
AD: Shawn Eichorst
Age: 48
AD since: Oct. 4, 2012
NORTHWESTERN
AD: Jim Phillips
Age: 49
AD since: April 14, 2008
IOWA
AD: Gary Barta
Age: 52
AD since: Aug.