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Akron hires new AD, whose fundraising prowess will be crucial Contributed photo Charles Guthrie has been hired as the University of Akron s new director of athletics. The appointment, pending board approval, is effective on July 1. The University of Akron is undergoing yet another leadership change. The latest is at the head of the Zips athletic department. Akron on Tuesday, May 4, announced that Charles Guthrie, who has been the director of athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay since October 2017, will be the Zips new AD. The move, which is pending approval by the University Board of Trustees, will be effective on July 1. That timeline coincides with the departure of the current director of athletics, Larry Williams, who decided not to pursue a contract extension before his deal expires at the end of June. ....
It’s early August 2018, and Green Bay’s month-long search for talent has ended. Coach Linc Darner’s staff files into a meeting room to begin sifting intelligence gathered from watching games in side gyms. By the time they finish, prospects populating the program’s recruiting board will be sorted and prioritized. As their deliberations unfold, one name slowly gathered momentum: Amari Davis. The 6-foot-3 combo guard’s lean 175-pound frame never cut an imposing figure in the layup line. And over that summer, the native of Trotwood, Ohio, a suburb just to the west of Dayton, hadn’t carved a destructive path through the Under Armor Association circuit. In 11 games for Ohio C2K Elite, Davis averaged a modest 6.7 points and posted an 86.8 offensive rating metrics that kept his list of suitors confined to the Horizon League and Mid-American Conference. ....