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Former Michigan State hockey coach/AD Ron Mason has died
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http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...06/13/ron-mason-dead-michigan-state/85819960/
And after hockey he served as athletic director.
Mason retired from coaching to become MSU's athletic director after the 2001-02 season until Dec. 31, 2007. The school's athletic complex began to transform and grow during his tenure, with the west side expansion project at Spartan Stadium completed in 2006. He also took a lead role in the planning, fundraising and early phases of the building of the Skandalaris Football center and the renovations at Old College Field.
Mason also helped hire his successor Rick Comley, who led the Spartans to the 2007 NCAA hockey national title. As the basketball program thrived under Tom Izzo, the football program saw its share of issues in the 2000s. Mason fired Bobby Williams during the 2002 season, then hired and subsequently fired John L. Smith in 2006. It was Mason who officially hired Mark Dantonio as football coach and Suzy Merchant as women’s basketball coach in 2007 before turning over the athletic director chair to Mark Hollis in January 2008.
And after hockey he served as athletic director.
Mason retired from coaching to become MSU's athletic director after the 2001-02 season until Dec. 31, 2007. The school's athletic complex began to transform and grow during his tenure, with the west side expansion project at Spartan Stadium completed in 2006. He also took a lead role in the planning, fundraising and early phases of the building of the Skandalaris Football center and the renovations at Old College Field.
Mason also helped hire his successor Rick Comley, who led the Spartans to the 2007 NCAA hockey national title. As the basketball program thrived under Tom Izzo, the football program saw its share of issues in the 2000s. Mason fired Bobby Williams during the 2002 season, then hired and subsequently fired John L. Smith in 2006. It was Mason who officially hired Mark Dantonio as football coach and Suzy Merchant as women’s basketball coach in 2007 before turning over the athletic director chair to Mark Hollis in January 2008.
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Mason is proof that AD's should be given occasional mulligans. Hired and fired John L. Smith, but recovered quite nicely by hiring Mark Dantonio. And Suzy Merchant was an excellent hire for WBB, as well.