April 21, 2008
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Jim Phillips, Northwestern's new director of athletics, is being introduced to the media at a 10:30 a.m. news conference on Tuesday, April 22. The news conference is closed to the public, but can be viewed live on NUsports.com.
Phillips, who began his NU tenure on Monday, April 14, comes to Northwestern after spending three-and-a-half years as the associate vice president and director of athletics at Northern Illinois University.
Later on Tuesday, Phillips will appear on Comcast SportsNet's Chicago Tribune Live (5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT).