The University of Illinois Springfield will soon have a new athletic director, pending approval by the University of Illinois Trustees.
Jim Sarra, a native of West Seneca New York, will take over the AD job. Sarra has spent the last 11 years at the University of Texas San Antonio, where he most recently served as the deputy director of athletics for the NCAA Division 1 school.
UIS Chancellor Susan Koch says Sarra beat out over 50 applicants in the nationwide search and says that she is thrilled to have someone will Division 1 experience to help guide the student athletes at UIS.