UM: Dave Brandon

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In Fast Company magazine column on leadership, John Baldoni looks at how Dave Brandon – UM’s new athletic director – has managed the university’s response to an NCAA investigation into the football program’s rules violations: “The biggest problem facing the football program is really not the NCAA violations; it is the rift over [coach Rich] Rodriguez. Since Rodriguez has won only eight games in two years, losing twice to arch-rival Ohio State and missing the bowl season for the past two years, many fans dislike him. Yet Rodriguez’s players, and many students, support him. How Brandon has dealt with the controversy is a lesson in leadership.” [Source]