Gregory Byrne

Infobox Person


name = Greg Byrne
birth_date = November 29, 1971
birth_place = Pocatello, Idaho
spouse = Mrs. Regina Byrne
parents = Bill Byrne and Marilyn Byrne
children = 2 sons

Greg Byrne is the current athletic director of Mississippi State University.cite web|title=Byrne named MSU's athletic director|url=http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=4150|publisher=MSU News]

Early life

Byrne grew up in San Diego, California, and Eugene, Oregon.Fact|date=June 2008 He attended Arizona State University. He started working around athletics working for the Fiesta Bowl. Then he was the director of the "Duck Club" for the University of Oregon. In 1998, Byrne went from Oregon to Oregon State University, as the director of the "Beaver Club". In 2002 he took a job at the University of Kentucky as a assiant athletics director. In 2005 he worked for a litigation support software company, CaseLogistix, out of Jackson, Mississippi. In 2006, Byrne took the "Bulldog Club" director job for Mississippi State University.

Athletic director career

Byrne is the current athletics director. On July 1, 2008. On June 7, 2008, Byrne hired John Cohen to replace Ron Polk, who retired in March. Polk, who endorsed his assistant Tommy Raffo upon his retirement, protested the hire, and called Byrne unqualified. [cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipp_V2DIkiIyO_svloRQNAn8O0hQD915H6S80|title=Cohen introduced as new coach at Mississippi State] [cite news|url=http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=274565&pub=1&div=Sports|title= MSU welcomes Cohen] Athletics Career 1994-1995 Fiesta Bowl 1995-1998 Oregon Ducks 1998-2002 Oregon State Beavers 2002-2005 Kentucky Wildcats 2005-2006 Computer Software sales person 2006-present Mississippi State Bulldogs

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