Michigan State athletic director J Batt has been on the job more than a month and he is already working on bringing in new donors and more revenue to supplant the athletic department's growing budget.

Michigan State University Athletic Director J Batt speaks, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, after being introduced as the Spartan’s new athletic director.

J Batt speaks Wednesday, June 4, 2025, after being introduced as Michigan State University's new athletic director. / Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ...

J Batt, Michigan State's new athletic director, acknowledges the growing challenge of donor fatigue in college athletics. Batt's hiring coincides with a recent court ruling allowing colleges to ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — J Batt said Michigan State has a top-10 athletic department in the country. The school's next athletic director made it clear that the football program must lead the ...

As new Michigan State athletic director J Batt walked off the ninth green at Detroit Golf Club, his final hole of the Rocket Classic Pro-Am on Wednesday, June 25, Jonathan Smith sent up his ...

Standing before a crowd of coaches, trustees, faculty and community members in the Tom Izzo Football Building, J Batt was formally introduced earlier today as Michigan State University’s 21st ...

Batt has said he continues to learn about the people at MSU, and neither he nor Guskiewicz previously had worked with Smith, who is entering his second season after a 5-7 debut coming on the heels ...