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Mizzou hires veteran SEC administrator Marcy Girton to oversee football program, special projects

Related Topics: Blair DeBord, Marcy Girton

Marcy Girton is shown in a photo provided by the Univ. of Missouri Athletics department.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou's athletics department has made a major addition to its senior administrative staff, bringing in Marcy Girton to take over as senior associate athletics director for football administration and special projects. Girton has held high-ranking athletics administrative roles at Southeastern Conference schools Auburn, Texas A&M and South Carolina as well as Texas Christian University.

Her role at Mizzou is a newly created position under athletics director Desireé Reed-Francois. This is the second major hire by Mizzou athletics in recent weeks, following the addition of Blair DeBord as associate AD for development and strategic initiatives.