Article: Maryland to Speed Search for New AD;Interim Athletic Director Likely to Come From Within Department

The University of Maryland has decided to expedite its search for a new athletic director and hopes to have Lew Perkins's replacement chosen by Sept. 15, sources said yesterday.

As a result of this decision, the sources said, it is now likely that an interim director could be named from within the department. But the sources said university president William E. Kirwan had not begun discussing names of possible interim replacements for Perkins, who resigned Monday to accept a similar job at the University of Connecticut.

The senior administrators in the athletic department are acting associate director Sue Tyler, the women's lacrosse coach who was named to the position when Kevin Weiberg ...

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