VCU Athletic Director Norwood Teague has been announced as the new AD at the University of Minnesota this afternoon.
Late Sunday, Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports reported Teague was the lone finalist for the position. Teague flew to the Minnesota campus today but Goodman reported the deal was done prior to the trip.
Elizabeth Conlisk of the Big Ten Network is also reporting Teague will be introduced as the Minnesota AD live at 3:45PM EST on that network.
Norwood had served as AD at VCU since July of 2006 where he grew the program to new heights.
The Carolina native managed to hire, and almost more miraculously, retain Shaka Smart after VCU’s historic run to the Final 4 and encore performance in this year’s NCAA tournament. He oversaw the construction of the new luxury Tommy J. West suite section to the Stuart C. Siegel Center, grew VCU’s annual fund over 119%, and most recently put forth a plan to build a brand new 10 million dollar practice facility.
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Don’t go Norwood!
Nooooo…
^Second that Jake!
We’ll see him again in Paradise.
Norwood did a great job for us, disappointing to see him go, but all good things come to an end, looking forward to selecting our new AD!
I hope this doesn’t effect possible A10 jump or Shaka’s plans at VCU
Richmond to Minnesota, brrrrrrrrr.
Wonder if all the rumors are true that Shaka is being “courted” by VT’s Jim Weaver? Norm’s leaving might have some impact on his decision if offered a HC job in the ACC THIS time. HOPE not, but stranger things have happened.
Good luck, Norwood!
OK, he did do a good job at VCU but I mst admit that reading this comment in another news story hurt a little.
“Teague was quick to point out the importance of a strong football program to an athletics department’s financial health…..”
So sad to see him go!