FAMU AD Overton plans to implement new academic software in 100-day plan

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Milton Overton Jr hasn’t arrived in Tallahassee yet, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t working to overhaul FAMU’s troubled athletics department.

Overton — the fourth athletic director of FAMU in less than a year — officially starts Aug. 3. Vut he has spent time on the phone with FAMU’s coaches and current members of the department trying to figure out which issues to tackle first.

He has plenty to choose from.

Several FAMU teams are dealing with NCAA sanctions due to low Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, the school’s proposed athletic budget is $8.7 million, compared to last year's approved budget of nearly $9.4 million, and donations to the department are down to a projected $500,000.

Overton said his current 100-day plan involves making sure student-athletes excel in the classroom first.

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