John Engler speaks after being selected as interim president of Michigan State University, Jan. 31, 2018. Robert Killips | Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING — Not even a week onto the job, John Engler is making his presence felt as Michigan State’s interim president.
Engler appointed Bill Beekman as the university’s interim athletic director, according to a news release issued Monday, and MSU will not hire a permanent athletic director from within the school’s athletic department.
That is a change of direction from what two university sources told the Free Press last week shortly before the MSU Board of Trustees appointed Engler to his position.