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By Tom Gaffney
Beacon Journal sports writer
POSTED: 05:54 p.m. EDT, Jun 08, 2009
Mack Rhoades, director of athletics at the University of Akron, is again a candidate for a job at a major Division I program.
Rhoades, 43, is being considered for athletic director at the University of Houston, Fox television station 26 in Houston reported today.
Rhoades is in Houston this week for the first round of interviews, the station reported.
Rhoades, who has been at UA since January 2006, was a finalist at Rutgers University in February, but he did not get the job.
Rhoades did not return a telephone call seeking comment on his status.
The list of candidates has not been released, but media outlets in Houston have reported that there are six to eight names on it. The only other known candidate is acting Athletic Director John Robinson Jr.
University President Renu Khator and search committee co-chairmen Carl Carlucci and Ken Bailey are conducting the first round of interviews this week and early next week.
The three men will then turn over a list of two or three finalists to be interviewed by the full 11-person search committee.
There is no timetable to pick a candidate, and it could stretch into late June, according to media sources in Houston.
Rhoades did not apply for the position. A headhunter firm, Parker Executive Search, recommended him to the university.
It is not known whether Rhoades has any contacts at the school through his seven years at the University of Texas-El Paso.
The position is open because Dave Maggard, 69, resigned April 22 after seven years on the job.
Houston is a member of Conference USA, which also includes Memphis, Tulsa, SMU, Rice, UTEP and Tulane.
Rhoades holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and a master's degree from Indiana University.
He is among the key players in the construction of the football stadium on the UA campus that will open in September.
That experience might help Rhoades, because Houston is planning extensive renovations of its Robertson Stadium, including adding a club level, suites and a new press box.
Rhoades also has implemented academic programs for UA athletes that have placed an emphasis on classroom success.
Tom Gaffney can be reached at tgaffney@thebeaconjournal.com.
Mack Rhoades, director of athletics at the University of Akron, is again a candidate for a job at a major Division I program.
Rhoades, 43, is being considered for athletic director at the University of Houston, Fox television station 26 in Houston reported today.
Rhoades is in Houston this week for the first round of interviews, the station reported.
Rhoades, who has been at UA since January 2006, was a finalist at Rutgers University in February, but he did not get the job.
Rhoades did not return a telephone call seeking comment on his status.
The list of candidates has not been released, but media outlets in Houston have reported that there are six to eight names on it. The only other known candidate is acting Athletic Director John Robinson Jr.
University President Renu Khator and search committee co-chairmen Carl Carlucci and Ken Bailey are conducting the first round of interviews this week and early next week.
The three men will then turn over a list of two or three finalists to be interviewed by the full 11-person search committee.
There is no timetable to pick a candidate, and it could stretch into late June, according to media sources in Houston.
Rhoades did not apply for the position. A headhunter firm, Parker Executive Search, recommended him to the university.
It is not known whether Rhoades has any contacts at the school through his seven years at the University of Texas-El Paso.
The position is open because Dave Maggard, 69, resigned April 22 after seven years on the job.
Houston is a member of Conference USA, which also includes Memphis, Tulsa, SMU, Rice, UTEP and Tulane.
Rhoades holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and a master's degree from Indiana University.
He is among the key players in the construction of the football stadium on the UA campus that will open in September.
That experience might help Rhoades, because Houston is planning extensive renovations of its Robertson Stadium, including adding a club level, suites and a new press box.
Rhoades also has implemented academic programs for UA athletes that have placed an emphasis on classroom success.
Tom Gaffney can be reached at tgaffney@thebeaconjournal.com.
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