<p> HUNTINGTON, W.Va. &mdash; Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick is stepping down at the end of the month to take on a new role at the school.</p>
<p>Mamrich will become special assistant to university president Jerome Gilbert for one year, the school said Friday. </p>
<p>Hamrick was hired in 2009 and became the second-longest serving athletic director at Marshall. He will now focus on fundraising and planning for the university’s previously announced baseball stadium project.</p>
<p>“Mike Hamrick has done an excellent job as athletic director and I am disappointed he is no longer able to serve in that capacity,” Gilbert said. </p>
<p>Marshall’s men’s soccer team won the NCAA championship last month. In the 2018-19 school year, the football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and softball teams won postseason games, a first for the school. </p>
<p>Before coming to Marshall, Hamrick spent the previous six years as the athletic director at UNLV. He also was the AD at East Carolina and Arkansas-Little Rock.</p>
<p>Gilbert has appointed associate athletic director and chief of staff Jeff O’Malley as interim athletic director, effective July 1. </p>
<p>The move follows <a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-doc-holliday-football-marshall-thundering-herd-football-e9ed68e800b265e0bd7393f016c1d3cc">the exit in January</a> of football coach Doc Holliday, whose contract was not renewed after 11 seasons despite being named Conference USA coach of the year. Alabama assistant Charles Huff <a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-nfl-sports-alabama-alabama-crimson-tide-football-dae0ea692aa5a720d11333e938c5443e">was hired as Marshall’s coach</a> that month.</p>
<p>Gilbert, too, is leaving. He said in April he would not seek an extension of his contract. He plans to step down in July 2022. </p>