Pitt Athletic Director Heather Lyke was sent packing on Monday morning Sept 9 by new Pitt Chancellor Joan Gabel. Lyke's contract was up in December. She was recently a finalist for the Northwestern A.D. position, which went to Villanova's A.D. Lyke's dismissal doesn't appear to be team performance or scandal based. More likely, it was the new Chancellor's discontent over Lyke's deficiencies in fund-raising.
