Retired Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby will return to Northern Iowa to serve as interim athletic director, the school announced Wednesday. Bowlsby, who is from nearby Waterloo, was UNI's athletic director from 1983-91 and inducted into the Panthers' athletics hall of fame in 2004. “Bob’s passion for our institution and his dedication to Panther Athletics are both well documented, as well as his extensive resume of expertise in collegiate athletics," UNI president Mark Nook said.
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Gene Smith will receive a four-year contract extension that will keep him at the university through at least the 2025-26 academic year.
The agreement, which was signed by Smith and Ohio State president
Kristina M. Johnson in March, is still subject to approval by the university board of trustees at its meeting this week.
The 65-year-old Smith – who had one year remaining on an extension signed in 2019 that paid him $1.47 million this year – will now earn a base salary of $1.58 million per year, as well as compensation for public relations, media and promotional appearances totaling $480,000. He will be eligible for pay increases in September.
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Master P announced late last year that he is looking to purchase Reebok and most recently he revealed plans to unleash Black-owned supercars. Now the hip-hop star and entrepreneur has set his sights on owning an
HBCU (Historically Black College and Universities).
The 2021 NBA All-Star game was dedicated to elevating HBCUs, and Master P was clearly inspired by the event because he’s ready to help empower “our people” through education.
“I used to want to own an NBA team but now I want to own a HBCU,” Master P said in the caption of his latest Instagram video. “More women graduate from HBCU’s than any other university and I love that. If we’re going to change the narrative, it has to start with the truth, education, and economic empowerment.”