Former Gov. John Engler came back to the state Capitol the same day he was named as the interim President of Michigan State University amidst a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the East Lansing campus. Kathleen Gray/Detroit Free rpess
Over and over, Michigan State University interim President John Engler was clear: MSU was going to have a national search for a new athletic director and no internal candidates were going to be considered.
But on Monday, MSU officially promoted Bill Beekman, taking away the interim tag from the longtime MSU employee — he's been there since 1995 — and making him the permanent athletic director.