Tom Jurich
Tom Jurich
Tom Jurichis the Director of Athletics for the University of Louisville. He was hired on October 21, 1997 after holding the same positions at Colorado State University and Northern Arizona University. On March 9, 1999, he signed a contract to stay the Director of Athletics until 2012, an unprecedented offer. In 2007, Jurich was selected Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily national athletic director of the year...
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I'm so delighted that Rick has agreed to remain our men's basketball coach for an additional three years. When he first became our coach, I felt that if he could come here and reconstruct our program in six years, it would be a major coup for this institution. Our entire university and community will benefit immensely from his pushing that initial commitment to nine years.
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We figured the true fans would find out about it.
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We're very hungry to be the best in the league, ... but I don't think they're going to throw us out if we're not.
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is going to be a wonderful home for us. We couldn't be more pleased.
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We wanted anybody down here to be able to come out and have a good time with us.
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I think he's worked very hard at it. He's grown and matured as a coach dramatically.
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If anything, our being here really validates how good the move to the Big East was for us. And I know there are better things ahead.
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If we're not going to be on campus, we need to be on the river. That's the place that makes a statement to recruits. Why would you spend a quarter-billion dollars to hide a building?
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Rick has continued to exceed all of my expectations and we look forward to even further heights, particularly with our move into the Big East Conference. I hope we can add Rick for another nine years in 2010.
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I'm all for giving people a second chance, but not on our dime. I wanted to see him go through a year and see his character. So far, he's been much more than I anticipated. I'm very, very pleased with him so far.
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We were in no position to look at any conference, ... We had to try to be a good citizen within Conference USA. That was a very good fit for us at that point.
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We want to win a national championship here, ... Seven years ago, it sounded ridiculous, but now I think it's a legitimate goal.
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That's possible. And to win a game like that one, or like this one, there's no telling where that can take you as a program. But it's a process. We want to keep building.
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It's a great opportunity for the program. The great thing about it is to be able to go up against a great program like Virginia Tech. When it comes to football, they are one of the schools I looked at in trying to model our program.