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At Oklahoma State, Money Really Does Buy Greatness

There was a great longer article in the Tulsa World at the end of last week about Mike Holder’s first 10 years on the job. That culminated on Wednesday which was his 10th anniversary.

Did you know that only two men have been there longer as the AD?

Ed Gallagher (1915-31) and Henry P. Iba (1935-69). “Pretty fast company right there,” Holder says. “I like that.”

What I found to be interesting is how much money OSU has raised (and lost!), mostly during Holder’s tenure. Here is Holder’s estimate.

From 1970 through 1999, Holder says, OSU spent a total of $10 million on athletic facilities.