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Article: MARSHALL NAMES NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: ; Homecoming for Hamrick
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- July 21, 2009
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HUNTINGTON - Marshall University welcomed home one of its alumni
Monday afternoon, when President Stephen Kopp announced Mike Hamrick
as the Thundering Herd's 20th athletic director.
Hamrick replaces another Marshall alumnus, Bob Marcum, who
resigned June 30 after seven years at the helm of the Herd's
athletic department.
Hamrick received a loud applause when he stepped to the podium
after Kopp introduced him.
"I hope I get this reception a year from now," he said,
generating a hearty round of laughter from the crowd. "It usually
takes about a year and then, you know."
Hamrick, a ...