Mike Hamilton has passed

[Flipdaddy]

Just saw it on 10 news

 

[Freak]

Mike Hamilton, former Tennessee Athletics Director, dead at 60 years old

Mike Hamilton became Athletics Director for UT in July 2003 and focused on cultivating a "fan-friendly" environment at UT.

www.wbir.com

 

[CAVPUT]

Whoa. He wasn't that old was he? Cause of death mentioned?

 

[Flipdaddy]

Whoa. He wasn't that old was he? Cause of death mentioned?

Nope

 

[Helton1]

Whoa. He wasn't that old was he? Cause of death mentioned?

Liver transplant due to late stage cancer.

 

[CAVPUT]

Liver transplant due to late stage cancer.

Shame. Cancer sucks.

 

[livefaith]

Man, that's sad. People on the inside indicated that Mike was a genuinely caring person.

 

[VolAnonShaman]

RIP. He was a really good man.

 

[BreatheUT]

RIP Mike and prayers sent to his family.

 

[Delmar]

Whoa. He wasn't that old was he? Cause of death mentioned?

He was 60. Very sad news

 

[BradentonVol]

Wow, hate to hear that.

 

[vol94]

60 yrs old is so young. I’m 52 so this hits home.

 

[Flipdaddy]

Honestly made good hires with Kiffin and Pearl. If Kiffin had stayed football would’ve reached a new level and if they had told Pearl they weren’t going to slaughter him for cheating at the bbq, basketball would probably have an NCAA championship. Oh well, I pray for his family.

 

[IndianapolisVol]

Damn. RIP legend. Always respected his ability to raise funds. The facilities improved a ton during his tenure.

 

[stolitonic]

RIP.

All I can really say

 

[HiltonHeadVol]

Cancer is a thief in the night. Sucks for him and those who cared about him. Sad

Liver transplant due to late stage cancer.

 

[vavolfan6]

Hate to hear it. Sounds like he was involved in good charity work after he left here. It sucks hearing Cancer took someone who was on mission to doing good work. Unfortunately life can be cruel at times.

 

[IndianaVol]

My only two issues with Hamilton is he had zero backup plan for HC in either of the big money sports when the plan A guy fell through abruptly.

After that he was just chasing his tail with bad hires.

He did raise a lot of cash and made a ton of improvements to the facilities. From that stand point he left it better than.he found it.

RIP and condolences to the family.

 

[DarkVolder]

RIP

 

[strongj81]

Never like to hear anyone pass at that age. Prayers to his family and vol nation!
Gbo!

 

[PEPPERJAX]

RIP

 

[tbh]

Condolences to his family and friends...cancer sucks.

 

[Volfan1000]

Damn. RIP legend. Always respected his ability to raise funds. The facilities improved a ton during his tenure.

RIP and condolences to his family.

 

[Volfan1000]

My only two issues with Hamilton is he had zero backup plan for HC in either of the big money sports when the plan A guy fell through abruptly.

After that he was just chasing his tail with bad hires.

He did raise a lot of cash and made a ton of improvements to the facilities. From that stand point he left it better than.he found it.

RIP and condolences to the family.

Bruce Pearl was Hamilton's best hire while Lane Kiffin was his worst hire because he gave Kiffin a very low buy out in his contract.

 

[LadyinOrange]

Only two years older than me. Scary.