COLUMBIA, Mo. • Mike Alden recently completed a rite of passage for an outgoing athletics director at a major university: He traded in his courtesy car. For 17 years he’s driven a Chevy Silverado pickup truck, one of the many perks of running an athletics department that operates on an eight-figure budget.
The next phase in Alden’s career became reality for the first time in more than 17 years when he bought a car for himself: a Toyota Prius.