lee-fowler Stories - Backing The Pack
N&O Editorial: Awkward Out
Cheers: It is going to cost the athletic department at N.C. State University about $900,000 to pay off the contact of Lee Fowler, who has been fired as athletic director. He deserves the money, because he's upheld his end of the bargain of 10 years ago - to run a clean program and to oversee ...
Wednesday Items
-- CJ Leslie made it official at Sammy's yesterday evening: Dressed in red, screaming "C.J., C.J., C.J.," Pack fans filled Sammy's Tap and Grill on Avent Ferry Road. Those who came late stood six rows deep in the parking lot. There may have been as many as 500 people there to greet Leslie,...
Lee Fowler's Tenure Comes To An End (Updating Throughout The Day)
For real this time. Fowler, 58, will continue to work through June 30 and will be paid through the remainder of his contract, which is worth $280,000 annually until Sept. 2013. The school is scheduled to make an official announcement this afternoon. Further details of the buyout arrangement...
Checking In On Pittsburgh, And Other Items
-- Sounds like generating offense could be a big problem for the Wannstache this season: LeSean McCoy handled the ball on 35 percent of the Panthers' offensive snaps, accounted for 40 percent of their total yards from scrimmage ands scored more touchdowns than the rest of the offense combined. He...
Fowler Talks Lo Brown, Budget
Lee Fowler spoke with 99.9 FM about the bad economy's impact on the athletics department. (Link to audio is in the article's sidebar.) Notes from the discussion. -- "There's no official word on Lorenzo." However, per this update from the N&O, "Brown will attend Hargrave for a full academic...
The Frustrating Disconnect
Athletics Director Lee Fowler spoke with 850 The Buzz's Adam Gold and Joe Ovies for about 40 minutes this morning--here's the audio. They did not take any phone calls, so if you were hoping to get an entertaining lunatic fringe moment or two out of Fowler's appearance (like I was), you'll be...
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