Laird Veatch. Like every aspect of life U of M athletics has been stalled by the breakout of the coronavirus. Laird Veatch Tigers athletic director announced this week that crowds at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium will be limited to 50 capacity this season.
MEMPHIS --- Laird Veatch has been named Director of Athletics at the University of Memphis UofM President M. By Jonah Jordan June 12 2020. Memphis athletics director Laird Veatch said the athletics department has formed a leadership group in response to the racial injustice and social unrest in our country Watch powerful moment.
Laird Veatch was named athletic director at Memphis Friday morning more than two months after his predecessor Tom Bowen resigned.
A 25-year veteran in intercollegiate athletics -- and a former Kansas State football player -- Veatch was deemed to have the ideal background for the Memphis athletics program. Veatch has spent the last two years as Floridas executive associate athletics director. AP -- Memphis has hired Laird Veatch to fill its athletic director vacancy. Oct 19 2017 at 845 PM.