New Michigan State athletic director J Batt hits course to learn about the state as his football coach, Jonathan Smith, keeps ...

New athletic director J Batt plans to take a broad overview of Michigan State's sports program when he arrives, but football ...

New MSU athletic director J Batt played in the pro-am ahead of the PGA Tour's Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club on ...

As new Michigan State athletic director J Batt walked off the ninth green at Detroit Golf Club, his final hole of the Rocket Classic Pro-Am on Wednesday, June 25, Jonathan Smith sent up his ...

J Batt, Michigan State's new athletic director, acknowledges the growing challenge of donor fatigue in college athletics. Batt's hiring coincides with a recent court ruling allowing colleges to ...

Batt, 43, will be paid $1.85 million in his first year at Michigan State, with incremental raises each year up to $2.35 million his sixth year. in total, Batt’s contract totals $12.6 million and ...

J Batt is on the clock. At its meeting in Traverse City, Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees on Friday, June 13, approved the hiring of the Spartans’ new athletic director.

You can now say it's official. On Friday, Michigan State's Board of Trustees approved J Batt's hiring as the university's vice president and director of athletics during its meeting in Traverse ...

J Batt speaks Wednesday, June 4, 2025, after being introduced as Michigan State University's new athletic director.© Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal ...

Michigan State president Kevin Guskiewicz introduces new vice president and director of athletics J Batt with a formal ceremony in East Lansing, at the Tom Izzo Football Building, on Wednesday ...