Wazzu eliminates interim tag, names McCoy advertisement

Jun 25, 2024, 05:04 PM ET

PULLMAN, Wash.– Anne McCoy has been called the athletic director at Washington State after holding the interim function the previous three months, the school revealed Tuesday.McCoy was elevated into the interim athletic director function in March after Pat Chun left to take the same position at Washington. She has actually operated at Washington State since 2001. “Anne’s experience within college athletics, her credibility among her peers, and most importantly, her passion and commitment to WSU, make her the ideal fit to move Cougar Athletics forward as our next director of athletics,”Washington State president Kirk Schulz stated in a statement.McCoy will be charged with leading Washington State through an

unsure and likely unstable next number of years as the Cougars, together with Oregon State, attempt to create a path forward as the only 2 staying members of what was the Pac-12 Conference. The Cougars and Beavers will play a football schedule versus primarily Mountain West Conference opponents for the upcoming season. They will also compete as affiliate members of the West Coast Conference in most other sports.Washington State will compete as affiliate members of the Mountain West in baseball and females’s swimming as well.During McCoy’s time as the interim athletic director, she led the search that ended in the hiring of David Riley as men’s basketball coach and signed ladies’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge to a contract extension.”Washington State University is a remarkable and unique place that has actually been a big part of our family for over 23 years. It is home,”McCoy stated.”Serving this institution with its significant history is an honor and one I don’t take lightly. “