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Michigan State's Bill Beekman 'the least likely person' for athletic director job

Bill Beekman was hired as Michigan State's new athletic director on Monday, July 16, 2018. Hear from John Engler, Mark Dantonio, Tom Izzo and Beekman. Phil Friend, Lansing State Journal

EAST LANSING — Bill Beekman, in one of his first February meetings with Michigan State’s newly appointed interim president John Engler, arrived with a list of more than a dozen topics the university needed to address.

The first was finding an athletic director.

Engler already had his plan. He told Beekman the job was his.