A search firm that has aided universities like Alabama, Tennessee, Michigan and Minnesota in finding a new athletic director will help the University of Nebraska find Shawn Eichorst's replacement.
Turnkey Sports & Entertainment, a New Jersey-based executive search firm, will work with search and advisory committees appointed by Chancellor Ronnie Green on choosing a new athletic director.
NU hired the search firm, which works with collegiate and professional sports teams in coaches and administrator searches, for a flat fee of $125,000.
At a news conference to introduce former Husker center Dave Rimington as the interim athletic director at NU this week, Green said the university would pursue an agreement with a "highly recognized search firm" to look for a permanent replacement after Eichorst was fired on Sept.