Savannah State University fires AD, adds title to Broadnax's duties

SSU Interim President Cheryl Dozier

Savannah, GA -- Marilynn Suggs, Savannah State University’s first female athletics director, was fired Wednesday after less than seven months on the job. SSU interim president Cheryl Dozier announced her decision to make a “change in leadership in the athletics department” during an 11:20 a.m. news conference at Tiger Arena. Suggs did not attend.

Dozier appointed SSU men’s basketball head coach Horace Broadnax as interim athletics director.

“As the interim president, I wanted some changes in leadership and this is one of the areas that I wanted to see a change as we move forward in (NCAA) Division I and in the MEAC conference,” Dozier said.

Two people knowledgeable about the situation, who requested anonymity, confirmed that Savannah State has hired former University of Georgia athletics director Damon Evans as a consultant to assess Savannah State’s athletics department.

The UGA Athletic Association committee accepted Evans’ resignation July 5, 2010, four days after the Georgia State Patrol arrested him on a DUI charge in Atlanta. Evans pleaded guilty to...

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