Bill Cords

Marquette speeds up its search for new AD

July 22, 2014 By Bill Scott

Marquette says it will have a new Director of Athletics in place by December. The school appointed a search committee to accelerate the process.

Marquette has been without an Athletic Director since Larry Williams resigned last December. Williams was replaced on an interim basis by Bill Cords, who is in his second stint at the school. Cords was Marquette’s AD for 20 years before retiring back in 2006.

Since Cords has returned, he’s oversaw the hiring of three head coaches, including men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski.

Cords says he’ll stick around at Marquette

March 28, 2014 By Bill Scott

Marquette’s Interim Athletic Director Bill Cords says he’ll stick around for another year in an interim capacity.

Cords is leading the search for Marquette’s next head coach after Buzz Williams left to take the head coaching job at Virginia Tech. He met with the media on Thursday afternoon, briefing them on the schools search for a new coach.

Cords said all of the incoming freshmen have been told they must wait until meeting with the new coach before the school would release them from their scholarships.

AUDIO: Bill Cords on the message to recruits. :14

Cords said they are not worried about other jobs opening in other programs and they could have proven experience or could be a highly qualified assistant.

AUDIO: Cords said it’s obvious they want the new coach to stick around for a while :17

Marquette recruit hasn’t been released from his scholarship

March 24, 2014 By Bill Scott

After Buzz Williams announced that he was leaving Marquette to take the coaching job at Virginia Tech, recruit Sandy Cohen (Seymour) tweeted Saturday night that he had been released from his scholarship. But interim A.D. Bill Cords said that was not the case.

Cords told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Marquette’s all-sports policy states that no student-athlete receives a release following a coaching change until he or she has the chance to speak with the new coach.

Marquette is currently searching for Williams replacement and have reportedly already talked with former UCLA and Pittsburgh coach Ben Howland about the position.

Cohen is one of four incoming freshmen signed by Buzz Williams back in November. All of the recruits were reportedly told by Marquette assistants to sit tight until a new coach arrives.