New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
‘ Time is right’ as SCSU AD Moran steps down
Burrell: “It’s a sad day for me and everyone at Southern”
Southern Connecticut State athletic director Jay Moran has been working from home most of this year with offices closed due to COVID-19.
It has given Moran the opportunity to reflect on his life and consider what might lie in the future.
“It’s been a long year with COVID-19 and a tough time to be an athletic director with no sports,” said Moran, who is in the unique position of currently being a third-term mayor in Manchester. “With no sports and a lot of down time, I’ve had a lot of time to think about what is going on in my life. It has given me time to consider what the next chapter might be.”
On Wednesday, the day after officials at the Northeast-10 Conference announced that the winter sports season would be canceled, Moran announced he is stepping down as the athletic director at Southern after six years in the position.
Moran will stay on until Dec. 31 and an interim athletic director will be announced by Tracy Tyree, vice president of student affairs at Southern. In a Southern press release, it was stated the interim athletic director will stay on for the remainder of the academic year and a national search for a new athletic director will begin in early spring.
“I have been planning the next step in my life the past semester,” Moran said. “Now, with no winter sports and with not much going on at Southern, the time is right to step down. I have had two careers, I’m still the mayor in Manchester and it’s not easy being the mayor of 60,000 people.
“I’m not at liberty to say right now, but I do have something very special that I am pursuing at this time. I also have my first grandson, Jack, and this is an opportunity to spend more time with him. COVID-19 continues to impact sports with NE-10 winter sports canceled. All of those things have combined to help me make this decision.”
Moran previously served