It has been a whirlwind week for Georgia Tech athletics.

On Monday, Michigan State announced it hired J Batt away from Tech to serve as its athletic director. On Wednesday, Tech officially promoted Jon Palumbo to serve as interim athletic director in Batt’s absence.

From here, it is expected Tech will move fast to name a permanent athletic director. The House v. NCAA settlement, which would set in motion revenue sharing payments in July for athletes, is nearing its completion — that should evoke a sense of urgency from leadership to hire its next athletics leader.

The Georgia Tech Foundation also is expected to meet this month, and the hiring of a new AD undoubtedly will be among its topics of discussion.

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