New Michigan State athletic director J Batt hits course to learn about the state as his football coach, Jonathan Smith, keeps ...

New MSU athletic director J Batt played in the pro-am ahead of the PGA Tour's Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club on ...

New athletic director J Batt plans to take a broad overview of Michigan State's sports program when he arrives, but football ...

As new Michigan State athletic director J Batt walked off the ninth green at Detroit Golf Club, his final hole of the Rocket Classic Pro-Am on Wednesday, June 25, Jonathan Smith sent up his ...

J Batt, Michigan State's new athletic director, is focused on fundraising to support the athletic department, particularly football. Batt plans to prioritize relationship-building as a key ...

J Batt bullish on Michigan State as top-10 athletic department Updated: Jun. 04, 2025, 9:18 p.m. | Published: Jun. 04, 2025, 6:31 p.m. 35 1/35 Michigan State welcomes J Batt as new athletic director ...

J Batt, Michigan State's new athletic director, prioritizes revitalizing the football program, which has struggled since 2015. Batt aims to support coaches through resource allocation, structural ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan State community embraced its new athletic director, J Batt, on Wednesday when he was formally introduced as the university's vice president and director of ...

Batt, 43, will be paid $1.85 million in his first year at Michigan State, with incremental raises each year up to $2.35 million his sixth year. in total, Batt’s contract totals $12.6 million and ...

PRIORITIES: New MSU AD J Batt: Michigan State 'a top-10 athletic department in the country' So, he can talk about graduation rates of athletes — and he did as he met the MSU community on ...