Pitt chancellor: Multiple factors will play into a new contract for AD Heather Lyke
New University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Joan Gabel minced no words when it came to her assessment of Athletic Director Heather Lyke. “Heather is without question one of the best athletic directors in the country,” Gabel recently told the Tribune-Review. “She’s been recognized as such (for) wins...
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In her interview with the Trib, Gabel touched on an array of topics related to the athletic department, including conference realignment and the possibility of an on-campus football stadium.
It’ll be 24 years in November that the last game was played at Pitt Stadium. And it seems that for most of that time, the question has been raised of if and when Pitt will ever again have a stadium in Oakland.
Gabel said “anything’s possible” but added that she is not yet in a position to fully assess that question, being so new to the job. She said it is a complicated question with implications for Pitt’s relationship with the city and the surrounding neighborhood.
“It’s a big change to bring that kind of traffic to a new location, whether it’s on campus or somewhere else in the city,” she said. “But I am absolutely open to the exploration and to the evaluation.
“I think we’re due for master planning. And so it’s probably time to certainly include that in the questions we would ask ourselves about the future of campus.”
