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‘Primed to be an AD.’ Meet TCU’s Ike Ukaegbu, a rising star in college athletics
BY DREW DAVISON
The name Ike Ukaegbu may not register with even the most avid TCU fans. He spends his days mostly working behind the scenes, overseeing the compliance department since May 2014.
But Ukaegbu has become one of the most influential people in TCU’s athletics department. He helped navigate the men’s basketball program through the NCAA’s investigation into former assistant Corey Barker, who was linked in the FBI probe into fraud and corruption within the sport.
Ukaegbu served on TCU’s internal search committee for its next baseball coach when Jim Schlossnagle departed, a job that went to pitching coach Kirk Saarloos.
Read more at https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article252667093.html
BY DREW DAVISON
The name Ike Ukaegbu may not register with even the most avid TCU fans. He spends his days mostly working behind the scenes, overseeing the compliance department since May 2014.
But Ukaegbu has become one of the most influential people in TCU’s athletics department. He helped navigate the men’s basketball program through the NCAA’s investigation into former assistant Corey Barker, who was linked in the FBI probe into fraud and corruption within the sport.
Ukaegbu served on TCU’s internal search committee for its next baseball coach when Jim Schlossnagle departed, a job that went to pitching coach Kirk Saarloos.
Read more at https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article252667093.html