Mizzou Denies Conflict of Interest in Hiring of AD Search Firm

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University of Missouri officials announced Tuesday that a committee of 11 people will search for a new athletic director, and that recruitment firm Turnkey/ZRG has been hired to assist the process.

Local ABC affiliate KRCG reported Wednesday that at least one ethics expert sees the potential for a conflict of interest in the Turnkey/ZRG hire, given that Mizzou men's basketball coach Dennis Gates’ wife Jocelyn is the vice-president of College and Coaching Practice at the firm. She joined the firm in 2022 shortly after Dennis Gates was hired at MU, the Columbia Missourian reported.

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