{"id":4674,"date":"2012-02-16T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T22:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2012-11-08T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T23:00:08","slug":"nau-hires-search-firm-to-find-new-athletic-director-basketball-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-hires-search-firm-to-find-new-athletic-director-basketball-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU hires search firm to find new athletic director, basketball coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The search is officially on to fill two prominent openings in the athletics program at Northern Arizona University.<\/p>\n

NAU has hired\u00a0Parker Executive Search<\/a>\u00a0to assist two NAU search committees in identifying candidates for men\u2019s basketball coach and athletic director.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to finding the best possible candidates for these high-profile positions,\u201d said\u00a0MJ McMahon<\/strong>, NAU executive vice president. \u201cThis is a pivotal time and a great opportunity for NAU athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n

McMahon chairs a committee to replace Athletic Director\u00a0Jim Fallis<\/strong>, who announced Tuesday that he would not seek an extension of his contract, which expires June 30. Fallis will continue running day-to-day operations of the department until his current contract ends. He joined the university in 2004.<\/p>\n

A committee chaired by\u00a0Mason Gerety<\/strong>, NAU vice president for Advancement, will coordinate the search for a new men\u2019s basketball coach. Former coach Mike Adras resigned Dec. 9 and was replaced on an interim basis by longtime NAU employee\u00a0Dave Brown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The search firm will narrow down a list of candidates for each position, and then hand over the interview process to each of the committees. According to McMahon, NAU hopes to hire a new athletic director within eight weeks, with the hiring of a basketball coach to follow.<\/p>\n

According to its website, Parker Executive search has assisted with hiring athletic directors, men\u2019s basketball coaches and football coaches at dozens of universities across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The search is officially on to fill two prominent openings in the athletics program at Northern Arizona University. NAU has hired\u00a0Parker Executive Search\u00a0to assist two NAU search committees in identifying candidates for men\u2019s basketball coach and athletic director. \u201cWe are committed to finding the best possible candidates for these high-profile positions,\u201d said\u00a0MJ McMahon, NAU executive…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}