Sandy Barbour to retire this summer
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Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour to Retire
Sandy Barbour, vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics at Penn State, has announced she will retire from the University this summer.
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Just a guess on my part, but thinking new pres told her she is out and wants her own AD.
10 year extension to Franklin an extra FU to fans. Awesome.
You need to post a Sandy Swimsuit poll in honor of her vamoosing!10 year extension to Franklin an extra FU to fans. Awesome.
This would certainly garner goodwill from the posters here. I'm not sure I have ever seen anyone on this board who supported Barbour. I really don't have an opinion on her with the exception that I think her approach to new facilities has been terrible since she doesn't prioritize them, which an AD should.
BOT orders name change of the football stadium to the "Beaver Field at Sandy Barbour Stadium" aka the style of the Rodney Erickson Food Science building???
Good. However, as hard as it seems, we probably can do worse. Let us hope that is not the case.
Joyner and Sandy back to back as ADs was like a double kick in the balls for the overall health of Athletics, especially behind the scenes.
Joyner and Sandy back to back as ADs was like a double kick in the balls for the overall health of Athletics, especially behind the scenes.
Believe it was reported in 2019 that she was planning to retire in 2023 on the expiration of her extended contract.
That’s why I dubbed his latest deal TPG: The Parting Gift (of B&B).10 year extension to Franklin an extra FU to fans. Awesome.
Absolutely - a total incompetent that would never hold a responsible job in the real world. Ahhh the world of academia…10 year extension to Franklin an extra FU to fans. Awesome.
Sandy's financial after-effects at Cal are well-documented. I could be wrong but it doesn't appear that we should be in that bad of shape financially after she leaves, other than maybe having a lot of extra assistant ADs we didn't have before. I think we have good football and men's basketball coaches in place, even if some think Franklin's deal is too long. She's done a little better overall than I expected.
Your are overly generous. Both coaches are under .500 combined over last two years.
She see decimated Cal and has Penn State pointed in the same direction. And she contributes heavily to the to the overspending philosophy that has afflicted PSU and has devastated our academic rankings. To be fair, Shrews seems like he will be a very good hire…but time will tell.
I think our past 2 Presidents have had a hell of a lot more to do with that than the AD.
Don't worry, I'm sure she's still getting paid the remainder of her contract, now she just doesn't get free coffee when she goes into work.
10 year extension to Franklin an extra FU to fans. Awesome.
Sandy leaving campus on her last day:
When will Penn State being announcing Art as the new Athletic Director?
“SB” hockey helmet sticker.
Barbour announces her retirement this summer. Congrats on an outstanding career...
While I can think of many words to describe her time at Penn State, "outstanding" is not one of them. She had the tools (fan base, money, etc) to move the program forward, but she did little more than tread water. In this era of college athletics, if you are not advancing, you are losing ground. I wish her well but find no sadness in her departure.
While I can think of many words to describe her time at Penn State, "outstanding" is not one of them. She had the tools (fan base, money, etc) to move the program forward, but she did little more than tread water. In this era of college athletics, if you are not advancing, you are losing ground. I wish her well but find no sadness in her departure.