LEXINGTON, Ky. – J Batt will begin his tenure as CEO of Champions Blue LLC and UK Athletics Director on July 28, University of Kentucky officials announced Thursday. “From my first discussions with ...

While Michigan State University’s presidential situation is settled, its athletic director limbo continues. Emily Gerkin Guerrant, MSU’s vice president and chief communications officer, said as of ...

Weeks of waiting have paid off for Michigan State, to the tune of $2.5 million. Guskiewicz, 60, had accepted the presidency of Clemson University in South Carolina after two years on the job at ...

Michigan State athletic director J Batt was hired in June of 2025. He announced his departure a year later. Michigan State may be keeping its president, but it’s still losing its athletic director — J ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky’s new athletics director and Champions Blue CEO, J Batt, may come with a higher price tag than initially expected after Michigan State University’s president reversed ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story referred to Batt's agreement with Kentucky as a contract. It is a term sheet. Two weeks after athletic director J Batt accepted the same position at ...

Louisville is set to spend over $20 million on its roster. Pat Kelsey now faces the immense pressure Mark Pope faced. Big Blue Madness is coming mega EARLY for the Kentucky Wildcats and with the event ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -The University of Kentucky’s new Athletic Director, J. Batt, is set to earn at least $2.6 million in his first year under a binding term sheet that outlines a deal running ...

UK will pay Batt $2.6 million in year one. Batt’s salary rises $150,000 annually, capping at $3.35 million in 2031-32. Batt can earn multiple cumulative incentives for academics, postseason and ...

Less than one year into his tenure at Michigan State, athletic director J Batt is heading to the University of Kentucky. Kentucky Athletics announced on Monday, June 15, that Batt has been hired as ...

Former Georgia Tech athletic director J Batt has found a new home. The University of Kentucky announced Monday that it hired Batt as its next athletic director and as chief executive officer of ...