Michigan State is losing a longtime member of its athletic department.
Greg Ianni, Michigan State's deputy athletic director who has been on staff since 1993, on Tuesday announced his retirement, effective Jan. 31, 2019. He will remain an advisor to first-year athletic director Bill Beekman until his contract ends on June 30, 2019.
"The past 26 years have been an amazing ride of challenges, victories, defeats and memorable experiences," Ianni said in a released statement from the university. "But above everything else, what I will remember most are the incredible people I have been blessed to work with.