Ad Disclosure
Despite earlier reports that Mississippi State had hired baseball coach John Cohen as its next athletic director to replace Steve Stricklin, Dan Mullen said during today’s SEC teleconference that he believes it’s “a completely false statement.”
“I think that’s a completely false statement,” Mullen said Wednesday afternoon during the teleconference. “No truth to that statement.”
Sid Salter, the Chief Communications Officer & Director of the Office of Public Affairs at Mississippi State University, also refuted the report, as did USA TODAY’s Dan Wolken:
I'm told by a person with knowledge of the situation Mississippi State has not hired an AD yet.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) October 12, 2016
The AD search at MSU is wide open and ongoing. The process continues as outlined. This report is not accurate.
— Sid Salter (@sidsalter) October 12, 2016
Saturday Down South will continue to monitor this story as it develops.
Tyler Waddell is a member of the Saturday Down South news team. He brings over five years of professional journalism experience and is closing in on a Bachelor's in sports management. Follow him on Twitter (@Tyler_Waddell).
