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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Utah State athletic director Randy Spetman, a retired Air Force colonel with nearly a dozen years' experience running college athletic departments, was named Monday to take over Florida State's troubled program.

Spetman, 55, replaces interim athletic director Bill Proctor, who took over several weeks ago after the school bought out the final 13 months of Dave Hart Jr.'s contract. Hart left in December.


Spetman agreed to a five-year contract with Florida State. The deal was still being completed and a salary was not immediately announced. Spetman then headed back to Logan, Utah, to formally resign later Monday. He said he hoped to be on the job at Florida State by the middle of next week.

Some significant issues are awaiting him at Florida State, which has been bogged down for months with an academic cheating scandal.

Florida State hires Spetman as new athletic director