Michigan State has announced that J Batt was selected to be its vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics.

J Batt is leaving his job as Georgia Tech’s athletic director for the same role with the Spartans, university president Kevin Guskiewicz announced on Monday. Although Batt and Guskiewicz were at North Carolina at the same time, Michigan State hasn’t hired an AD without university ties since 1995.

Georgia Tech athletic director J Batt is expected to be hired in a similar position at Michigan State, ESPN's Pete Thamel reported. Batt served as the athletic director at Georgia Tech since 2022 and made previous stops as the associate AD at East Carolina (2013-17) and Alabama as the deputy athletic director (2017-22).