It started with a text message at 8 a.m. and, by 2 in the afternoon, the program he had been a part of for over 30 years was no more.
That was the reality for head ski coach Fredrik Landstedt on Thursday, when UNM athletics announced their decision to dismantle the UNM ski program altogether, a situation that Landstedt describes as “extremely poorly handled.”
Athletics Director Paul Krebs informed the coaches in a meeting at 1 p.m. before informing the team’s student athletes at a second meeting 15 minutes later.
Athletics Communication Director Frank Mercogliano confirmed that nobody in the ski program was aware before Thursday’s meeting took place and the release of the decision was made public a few minutes after that meeting started.