Alan Haller never went too far from home.
The Lansing native and Michigan State alum returned to campus after a few years in the NFL to become a police officer, then moved into the athletic department. He now faces an even bigger task: running all of the Spartans' sports and pulling his alma mater’s athletic department out of post-pandemic debt.
Haller was named MSU's 20th athletic director Wednesday during a special Board of Trustees meeting. His five-year deal is worth $900,000 annually, plus a number of other performance bonus opportunities, according to his contract provided by the university.