Mark Hollis (athletic director)

American sports administrator (born 1962)

Mark Hollis (born September 10, 1962) is an American sports administrator who served as the athletic director at Michigan State University, succeeding Ron Mason on January 1, 2008.[1] Hollis retired on January 31, 2018.[2]

## Career[edit]

Hollis graduated from Croswell-Lexington High School in Michigan class of 1980. He earned a BA in communication from Michigan State University in 1985 and an MBA from the University of Colorado in 1992. Hollis was a basketball team manager under former head coach Jud Heathcote throughout his undergraduate education at Michigan State. Between his BA and MBA, Hollis worked for the Western Athletic Conference under Commissioner Joseph Kearney, who had previously been athletic director at Michigan State.

Hollis was named athletic director on January 1, 2008 and had been a part of the Michigan State athletic department from 1995 until his retirement on January 31, 2018.[3]

Hollis was praised for his marketing abilities, helping to stage unusual athletic contests such as the Cold War, an outdoor ice hockey match-up between rivals Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, as Basketbowl, a 2003 match-up between Michigan State University and the University of Kentucky played at Ford Field, and the 2011 Carrier Classic basketball game aboard the USS Carl Vinson, between Michigan State and North Carolina. Along with Tom Izzo and Alan Haller, Hollis formed the search committee that hired Mark Dantonio in 2006. Hollis was also responsible for hiring former Eastern Michigan University baseball head coach Jake Boss.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mark Hollis Named MSU Athletics Director-Designate". MSU Spartans.com. Accessed July 11, 2008. Archived 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Mark Hollis". Michigan State Athletics.
3. ^ "Mark Hollis resigns amid Larry Nassar fallout". MLive. January 26, 2018.
4. ^ "Player Bio: Jake Boss Jr.". MSU Spartans.com. Accessed July 11, 2008. Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

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Michigan State Spartans athletic directors

* Charles Bemies (1899–1900)
* George Denman (1901–1902)
* Chester Brewer (1903–1910)
* John Macklin (1911–1915)
* George Gauthier # (1916)
* Chester Brewer (1917)
* George Gauthier # (1918)
* Chester Brewer (1919–1921)
* Albert Barron (1922)
* Ralph H. Young (1923–1954)
* Clarence Munn (1954–1971)
* J. Burt Smith (1971–1975)
* Joseph Kearney (1976–1980)
* Doug Weaver (1980–1990)
* George Perles (1990–1992)
* Merrily Baker (1992–1995)
* Merritt Norvell (1995–1998)
* Clarence Underwood (1998–2002)
* Ron Mason (2002–2008)
* Mark Hollis (2008–2018)
* Bill Beekman (2018–2021)
* Alan Haller (2021– )

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