When San Jose State president Mary Papazian announced new athletic director Jeff Konya’s arrival this past June, it was the usual pomp and circumstance welcome, but that’s where the typicalness ended.
Konya was hired to not just bolster the Spartan sports portfolio, but to rebuild and uphold some lost institutional integrity from a sexual misconduct scandal against San Jose State athletes that started 10 years ago.
Konya has also been quick to make known his plan-of-action and the driving philosophies to implement and execute a grand holistic vision.
“Having been here for about 60 days, the reality matches my perception from when I initially took the job,” said Konya.