Report: ND focused on Swarbrick for new AD

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Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame Athletic Director

(AP file photo) Jack Swarbrick, far left, is seen here in Atlanta in May as part of the Indianapolis Super Bowl bid committee. With him are Mark Miles, second from left, Eugene White and Greg Shaheen. Swarbrick, who has substantial experience with Olympic and other athletics, was named Monday as the likely candidate to replace Kevin White as the athletic director for the University of Notre Dame.

It didn't take long.

In the wee hours Tuesday morning, like a Web wave stretching from sportswriters along the shores of Lake Michigan east to Erie, Pa., and west to the San Francisco Bay, the word was — Jack Swarbrick for University of Notre Dame's new athletic director.

Swarbrick, a 1976 Notre Dame grad and partner in the Baker & Daniels law firm in Indianapolis, was named Monday by the Chicago Tribune and other media outlets as the likely candidate to replace Kevin White.

That's just a few days after Steve Orsini said he was staying at Southern Methodist University and the AD short list narrowed.

The Chicago Tribune quoted university spokesman Dennis Brown, who said the school was not prepared to comment. And messages left for Swarbrick overnight were not returned to SBT24/7 News by morning.

But that didn't stop the buzz among bloggers and others anxious to hear if the former chairman of the Indiana Sports Corp. and onetime candidate for NCAA president is coming to South Bend.

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Tuesday, Jul 15 at 7:49 PM Kit Kat wrote ...

And they think this will help?

Tuesday, Jul 15 at 12:22 PM Lee wrote ...

Can you bring in big money, make excuses for Chuck Wise, make big money donors and Board of Trustees happy even if it sacrifices the integrity of the institution? If so, "you're hired!"

Tuesday, Jul 15 at 6:43 AM Anonymous wrote ...

ndnation.com has a lot of chit-chat on the hiring.

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