LOGAN, Utah-Friday, Utah State interim president Al Smith announced the appointment of Sandy Barbour, the former vice president for intercollegiate athletics at Penn State, at Utah State University as interim athletic director.

Barbour has previously served in leadership positions at California, Notre Dame, Tulane and Northwestern as well as Penn State.

Barbour is a senior advisor at Huron for intercollegiate athletics where she supports universities in developing long-term athletics strategies, refining business and financial models, assessing facility feasibility, ensuring leadership continuity and prioritizing student-athlete well-being.

Barbour will assume this position at USU Monday July 21. For more information, you may visit usu.edu/president/committee-athletics.