Ga Tech 雇うs Alabama's J Batt as new 運動競技の director
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Tech 雇うd Alabama 行政官／管理者 J Batt as its 運動競技の director Friday, putting him in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the search for a new football coach.
Batt 取って代わるs Todd Stansbury, who was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d Sept. 26 along with football coach Geoff Collins after the Yellow Jackets started the season 1-3.
Collins finished with an 全体にわたる 記録，記録的な／記録する of 10-28, the worst winning 百分率 (.263) of any 十分な-time coach in Georgia Tech history. His 欠如（する） of success also took 負かす／撃墜する Stansbury, who 雇うd Collins after the 2018 season and 確固に stood by him even as fans and big-money boosters ますます 表明するd their discontent.
Batt was (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 副 運動競技のs director at Alabama, and also served as 長，指導者 operating officer and 長，指導者 歳入 officer under AD Greg Byrne. Batt will take over Georgia Tech´s 運動競技のs program on Oct. 24.
"I look 今後 to working with our student-競技者s, coaches, staff, 支持者s, and fans to reach new 高さs, on and off the field, and to build on the rich tradition and history of this storied 運動競技のs department," the 40-year-old said in a 声明.
Batt has been at Alabama since 2017, 監督するing 歳入s through 寄付s, ticketing and other sources. He guided the 開始する，打ち上げる of a 10-year, $600 million fundraising （選挙などの）運動をする to 利益 Crimson Tide 運動競技のs. In 新規加入, Batt was the 長，指導者 行政官／管理者 監督するing men´s basketball.
Georgia Tech running 支援する Hassan Hall (3) carries the ball for a 伸び（る） of 7-yards during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Duke, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at Bobby Dodd Stadium, in Atlanta. (Daniel Varnado/Atlanta 定期刊行物-憲法 経由で AP)
Frank Neville, 長，指導者 of staff under school 大統領 ?ngel Cabrera, has served as 暫定的な AD since Stansbury's 解雇／（訴訟の）却下.
Georgia Tech 始める，決める a timeline to 雇う a new 運動競技の director as quickly as possible, then put that person in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the search for a new football coach.
Neville had said he 手配中の，お尋ね者 an AD in place at least for the latter part of the football season, to 許す time to fully 評価する the program and 決定する what will be needed to turn things around.
Since taking over as 暫定的な coach, Brent 重要な has guided the Yellow Jackets (3-3) to two straight victories - 含むing an 予期しない one at Pittsburgh - 供給するing some hope of qualifying for a bowl for the first time since 2018.
重要な, who was Collins' assistant 長，率いる coach, will be the 暫定的な at least through the end of the season. He has made it （疑いを）晴らす he would like to be considered for the f ull-time 職業.
Cabrera said Batt was his 最高の，を越す choice for AD after a 迅速な search to find Stansbury's 交替／補充.
"His leadership experience at one of the most 競争の激しい programs in the nation and his 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の 跡をつける 記録，記録的な／記録する in fundraising and 歳入 世代 will bring 広大な／多数の／重要な value to Georgia Tech," Cabrera said.
In 新規加入 to deciding on a football coach, Batt's 最高の，を越す 優先 will be 増加するing 歳入s at a school that has 直面するd tight 予算s, fundraising struggles and 出席 woes. Collins' buyout of more than $11 million only 構内／化合物s those 問題／発行するs.
He will 直面する a far tougher challenge at Georgia Tech than he did in Tuscaloosa, where the football program has been a perennial 選手権 競争相手 for more than a １０年間 under coach Nick Saban.
Georgia Tech has fallen far behind its 明言する／公表する 競争相手, 統治するing 国家の football 支持する／優勝者 Georgia. The men's basketball program also has struggled, making just one NCAA Tournament 外見 since 2010.
Byrne said Georgia Tech has landed an AD who can turn things around.
"He has incredible 見通し and has done an 優れた 職業 監督するing many areas of the department," Byrne said. "J has been 伴う／関わるd in all of our major 決定／判定勝ち（する）s and has 供給するd 建設的な insight and feedback to make us better."
Batt 以前 served as 上級の associate 運動競技の director at East Carolina (2013-17) and as associate AD at Maryland (2011-13). He 卒業生（する）d from North Carolina, a member of the 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会. He played on the Tar Heels´ 国家の 選手権 サッカー team in 2001.
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Georgia Tech 暫定的な 長，率いる coach Brent 重要な celebrates with 防御の 支援する Clayton Powell-物陰／風下 (29) after 敗北・負かすing Duke 23-20 in overtime of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at Bobby Dodd Stadium, in Atlanta. (Daniel Varnado/Atlanta 定期刊行物-憲法 経由で AP)
Georgia Tech 暫定的な 長，率いる coach Brent 重要な 会談 to the team along the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Georgia Tech quarterback Jeff Sims (10) looks to pass against Pittsburgh during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
