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Trojans promote AD from within

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Friday announced that George Lee has been named the school's new athletic director. Lee previously had served as the Trojans' senior associate athletic director and chief financial officer.

The news comes a little more than two months after former athletic director Chasse Conque announced he was departing after a 41/2-year stint for the same position at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Lee officially takes over Nov. 1, but he is not a permanent replacement. UALR Chancellor Christina Drale, who's been on the job for a month after replacing Andrew Rogerson, said Lee will serve a two-year appointment to help stabilize the athletic department as the university reorganizes.