Article: Mueh will be Air Force's first civilian athletic director.

Byline: Todd Jacobson

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Hans Mueh's career has taken plenty of turns.

Becoming the Air Force Academy's new athletic director might have been the most unlikely.

The retiring Air Force colonel was announced as the academy's ninth athletic director _ and first civilian leader - Thursday, ending months of speculation as to the identity of Randy Spetman's successor.

Mueh, a 60-year-old chemistry professor and the academy's vice dean of faculty, wasn't originally a finalist for the job when Air Force hired Col. Mike Bloomfield in March. Bloomfield backed out of the job in May.

"It was one of those things ...

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