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Article: Homecoming times two for Hamrick: ; Past, present and future collide for Marshall athletic director
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- Charleston Gazette
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- October 2, 2009
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HUNTINGTON - When Marshall and East Carolina face off at noon
Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, it will be a battle for the
early lead in the East Division of Conference USA.
For Thundering Herd athletic director Mike Hamrick, it represents
so much more. Never in his nearly three decades of sports
administration has his past collided so squarely with his present
and future.
Hamrick, the Herbert Hoover graduate and former MU football
player, took the Marshall position in July, succeeding Bob "Kayo"
Marcum. In the process, he re-entered the ranks of athletic
directors in Conference USA, the league into which he shepherded the
ECU program more than a decade ago.
There will be a reunion ...