For whatever it's worth...

N.C. State athletics director Lee Fowler said Friday he has interviewed Stephanie Glance and others and expects to have a women’s coach hired by the middle of April.

And, by the way, Fowler plans to be at N.C. State then – and beyond.

A rumor making the rounds this week had N.C. State on the brink of a major athletics department shakeup. But university spokesman Keith Nichols said there had been no special meeting of the Board of Trustees, and Fowler said he wasn’t on the brink of leaving the school.

"I’m still here," he said. "I’ve got a contract through October of 2013."

Fowler said he had heard the rumor, but assumed it was an April Fool’s joke that had taken off on the Internet.