11.   Another aspect of the search that has raised eyebrows in the business is that nobody on the search committee has any ties to the athletic department.

12.   Another prohibits representatives from athletic departments setting up meetings between athletes and professional sports agents.

13.   Aronson, in his fifth year as rep and familiar with the athletic department, seemed taken aback.

14.   As much as UCLA fans love to hate coach Steve Lavin, he has just given his athletic department another big reason to keep him around.

15.   At Alabama, he also met his wife, Dee, who served as an athletic department hostess.

16.   At least some inside the athletic department remain optimistic.

17.   At the time, women generally had their own athletic departments on college campuses.

18.   Athletic departments need the money a successful program can generate.

19.   Athletic department officials formulated a marketing plan.

20.   Athletic departments across the U.S. are having to take drastic measures to come into compliance, sometimes even eliminating longtime and well established male programs such as baseball.