WVU selects Shane Lyons as AD

Morgantown, WV (SportsNetwork.com) – West Virginia University named Shane Lyons its new athletic director on Monday.

Lyons, a West Virginia native, replaces Oliver Luck, who last month accepted the newly created position of executive vice president of regulatory affairs for the NCAA.

“It is truly a dream come true for me to return to my home state and to WVU as director of intercollegiate athletics and associate vice president,” said Lyons, who will begin his new role in February.

“I would like to thank (President) Dr. (Gordon) Gee for the confidence he has placed in me. I have followed the Mountaineers closely ever since I left Morgantown after graduate school, and I have been consistently impressed with the success that WVU student-athletes have had on the playing fields and in the classroom, as well as the positive impact Mountaineer student-athletes have in the community.”

Lyons spent the past three years as the deputy athletic director at Alabama. Before joining Alabama, he had a 10-year stint serving as an associate commissioner at the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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