Northwestern is promoting Mike Polisky to athletic director, ending a lengthy search for Jim Phillips' successor, sources told ESPN.
Polisky, who has served as Northwestern's deputy athletic director for external affairs since June 2010, will be announced as AD on Monday. Phillips took the ACC commissioner job in December and completed his term at Northwestern in February.
Northwestern spoke with several sitting athletic directors about replacing Phillips but narrowed its search recently to Polisky, Duke senior deputy athletic director Nina King and several others in recent weeks, according to sources. Polisky had been seen as the favorite to succeed Phillips, but the hiring was delayed as Northwestern investigated a federal lawsuit filed by a former cheerleader that named Polisky, three others and the university.