COLUMBIA, Mo. • Before Mack Rhoades stepped out of his university-owned town house at 6 a.m. Monday, his wife Amy couldn’t resist snapping a picture.
“It really did feel like the first day of school,” Rhoades said. “It was exciting.”
Monday was seven weeks in the making for the 49-year-old Rhoades, who this week began what he’s described as his destination job, officially taking over as the University of Missouri’s athletics director.