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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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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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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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 wanted anybody down here to be able to come out and have a good time with us.
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is going to be a wonderful home for us. We couldn't be more pleased.
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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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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.
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It's all out in front of us now. The sky is the limit.
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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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We spent many years in the same league with Tulane and Southern Miss and still consider them members of our family, ... Many of our fans visited New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast while we were competing against those schools and have been struck by the images of the devastation in those areas. I hope this can help.
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I think our fans are having fun. I don't want to take anything away from the Liberty Bowl because those people treated us great, but this is a great place. This is great for our fans.