May 7, 2010.
I double-checked the date he gave me, but I needn’t have done so. Scott Stricklin won’t ever forget the day it was announced that he got his dream job – Director of Athletics at his alma mater Mississippi State University.
That was five years ago today, and it was a week ago today I met him in the office he’s occupied the whole time to talk about what he’s been doing this whole time.
“Can’t believe it’s already been five years,” I told him.
“I don’t know,” he responded. “That does seem like a pretty long time ago.