FAMU AD Overton makes tough cuts and key hires as he repairs foundation

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- During his first three months as Florida A&M athletic director, Milton Overton Jr. made a point of meeting with every member of the university’s ailing athletic department.

Like an engineer who needed to inspect every square inch of a shaky building's foundation, Overton wanted see each person and look them in the eye. He wanted to know every member of the department.

So Overton met with everyone, from the senior members of the athletic department’s leadership team, down to members of the grounds crew for Bragg Memorial Stadium.

That process is finished. Now Overton is looking to build the executive team that’ll help him strengthen the foundation for Florida A&M athletics for the present and future. In doing so, athletics can be an asset and a flagship for the university instead of a major financial liability as it has been for years.

He’s started making hires and shifting staff. In a Dec. 9, interview with the Tallahassee Democrat, Overton said he fired former interim AD Earl D’Wayne Robinson, along with some administrative assistants and members of the grounds crew.

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