Re: AD resigns at Illinois St.
Posted: April 22nd, 2023, 8:47 amAnother very detailed, thorough article.
One thing mentioned is all the staffers who make <$40k but work 80-hour weeks because they love it. People forget that sometimes.
The athletic department saw 70+ resignations in Brennan’s two years. Article interviewed 10. They alleged AD was a heavy drinker.
This quote intimates people thought he was romantically involved with a subordinate:
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2023-04 ... ve-forward
One thing mentioned is all the staffers who make <$40k but work 80-hour weeks because they love it. People forget that sometimes.
The athletic department saw 70+ resignations in Brennan’s two years. Article interviewed 10. They alleged AD was a heavy drinker.
This quote intimates people thought he was romantically involved with a subordinate:
Athletics was also subject to at least one inquiry from ISU’s ethics officer during Brennan’s tenure.
That happened in late 2021 and into early 2022. Two people told WGLT that they were interviewed by the university’s ethics officer, with questions focused in part on Brennan’s relationship with one of his subordinates and how that subordinate’s duties were handled. A third former staffer said they raised concerns about that same relationship to an Athletics administrator who handled personnel issues.
An ISU spokesperson confirmed that it did receive an ethics complaint related to Athletics, but the university denied WGLT’s records request for documents related to the inquiry and its conclusion. It’s unclear if the complainant’s allegations were confirmed, debunked, or something in between.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2023-04 ... ve-forward