Laird Veatch introduced as next Mizzou athletic director

Laird Veatch was introduced on Friday afternoon as the 22nd athletic director in Mizzou history at a ceremony in the Stephens Indoor Facility.

Veatch, most recently the athletic director at Memphis, returns to Columbia after working for Mizzou from 1997 to 2002 and 2003 to 2006. He stressed that he sees Mizzou as a dream job and doesn’t anticipate leaving again, tearing up multiple times as others spoke and during his speech.

“This was always it; we just didn’t know,” Veatch said. “To be clear, there is no transfer portal for the Veatch family.”