Highlights: Jim Sterk steps down as Athletic Director; Desiree Reed-Francois hired as Missouri’s first female Athletic Director
Any year you swap athletic directors means the transition is automatically the biggest story of the year (assuming your team doesn’t win any championships). And Mizzou certainly made a splash, hiring UNLV’s Desiree Reed-Francois to replace Jim Sterk. Reed-Francois became the first female athletic director at Mizzou and the first at a public institution in the SEC.
It’s still too early to tell how Reed-Francois will fare long term, but several challenges are on the horizon.