New athletic director J Batt plans to take a broad overview of Michigan State's sports program when he arrives, but football will be his top priority.

It’s only been two days since Michigan State University named J Batt as its new vice president and athletic director. Michigan State welcomed him at a news conference on Wednesday at 3 p.m. 6 News livestreamed his introduction on this page at 3 p.

J Batt is leaving his job as Georgia Tech’s athletic director for the same role with the Spartans, university president Kevin Guskiewicz announced on Monday. Although Batt and Guskiewicz were at North Carolina at the same time, Michigan State hasn’t hired an AD without university ties since 1995.