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WHATCOM ­— “Sight unseen, Kyle Brennan eager to start as Illinois State’s new athletic director” is the headline of a Dec. 24 post of The Pantagraph of Illinois State University. The named Kyle is a son of Terry and Marce Brennan of Lynden and a 1993 graduate of Lynden Christian High School. The younger Brennan, 45, is currently the University of Utah’s chief operating officer and deputy athletic director for internal operations. He begins at ISU on Jan. 15, succeeding a retiring Larry Lyons. Brennan has never been to Bloomington-Normal (possibly because of a certa...

Redbird Athletics Brennan will succeed Larry Lyons as the top athletics administrator at ISU, starting Jan. 15. Lyons will delay his retirement to "accommodate a smooth transition," ISU said Wednesday. Brennan previously served as the University of Utah's chief operating officer and deputy athletics director for internal operations. His tenure there included securing a $15.6 million gift to start the varsity men's lacrosse program at Utah — the largest donation ever at the time — and negotiating lucrative multimedia rights and apparel contracts. "I know I speak for the entire Univers...