Batt, Michigan State
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Michigan State athletic director J Batt knew former Spartans football coach Nick Saban from their time together at Alabama.
Tom Izzo worked for free as an interim AD, ensuring Michigan State would find an AD who could set his university up for success long after he retires.
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Spartans Wire on MSNNick Saban praises Michigan State hiring of J Batt as next ADOne of the greatest college football coaches of all-time has high praise for the Spartans' new athletic director
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USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSNMichigan State losing senior associate athletic director to the NFL's Jacksonville JaguarsA member of the MSU athletic department is heading to the NFL, accepting a position with the Jacksonville Jaguars
Twenty-five years after crossing paths at North Carolina, J Batt and Kevin Guskiewicz are reunited at Michigan State.