COLUMBIA, MO. • When he left San Diego State for Missouri last summer, athletics director Jim Sterk hoped to deliver a sense of stability to a department smothered by months of turmoil and most recently stunned by the departure of predecessor Mack Rhoades.
Rhoades lasted 15 months at Mizzou before leaving for Baylor.
While MU’s two high-profile teams languished during Sterk’s first year on the job, he revived the football team’s chief facility project, then recaptured interest in men’s basketball with the hiring of coach Cuonzo Martin.
While coaches are measured in championships, their bosses are also defined by dollars.