Maybe it will turn out to be a good hire, but my instincts are not that way. Looks like the Big East has its successor to Mike Tranghese.
The Big East Conference is expected to name John Marinatto, the league’s second-ranking official, to succeed Commissioner Michael Tranghese at season’s end.
This StoryA conference call has been scheduled for 11 a.m. today “to make a significant announcement concerning the direction of the conference,” league officials announced.
Any guess as to what school John Marinatto was associated before becoming part of the BE hierarchy?
Marinatto graduated in 1979 from Providence, where he worked as a student manager for Dave Gavitt, who became the first commissioner of the Big East. He later worked for Tranghese at Providence, where he performed myriad jobs in the athletic department, including sports information director, ticket manager, and as the athletic director for 14 years.
The new face of the Big East. The only way this would have been more incestuous would have been if Dan Gavitt had been given the job.
Remember, Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg was part of the search committee that made this choice. This choice, though, smacks of the search group just taking Mike Tranghese’s recommendation. I really think the Big East needed to go outside of their office. Definitely outside Providence.
