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Michigan State football, basketball alums back Alan Haller to get athletic director job

The search for Michigan State’s next athletic director is in its infancy, but one potential candidate is drumming up plenty of support.

A group of nearly 30 football program alumni posted a 45-minute video testimonial Monday to YouTube backing Alan Haller, a Lansing native, former Spartan, and NFL player who is currently MSU’s deputy athletic director.

“I’m frequently asked to place leaders in key organization positions, and I look at the acronym RIPS,” said Steve Trecha, who played at MSU in the 1970s and has taught value chain management and business transformation at the school.