Fighting Illini Icon Ron Guenther Retires After 19 Years as Athletics
Director
Illinois Director of Athletics Ron Guenther announced today his
retirement upon the completion of his contract on June 30. The longest-
tenured athletics director in the Big Ten, Guenther leaves the position
after 19 highly successful years in which Fighting Illini teams captured
34 Big Ten Championships, made a men's basketball Final Four appearance
and made six football bowl appearances. He also made an impression
nationally as a member of the BCS Football Committee since its inception,
as a member of the Bowl Certification Committee for seven years and as...
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