Rob Fournier, Wayne State’s athletic director since 2000 who was placed on administrative leave this month for an undisclosed reason, has announced his retirement, according to an email sent out Wednesday by the university president.
“I think we can safely say that today’s Wayne State athletics department is far beyond what it was when Rob arrived in 2000,” Wayne State president M. Roy Wilson wrote in an email to staff. “And we are all the beneficiaries of this development.”
Wilson said the university will announced an interim athletic director soon. Erika Wallace has been leading the department in Fournier’s absence.