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Thorr Bjorn is leaving his role as the University of Rhode Island's athletic director after nearly two decades.

Brittney Miles will serve as the interim athletic director, becoming the first woman to lead URI's athletic department.

The university will conduct a national search for a new athletic director amid significant changes in NCAA sports.

The University of Rhode Island hasn’t conducted a search for an athletic director in nearly two decades.

Thorr Bjorn was a stable figure in Kingston from his July 2007 hiring through his impending departure, which came in a surprise announcement Wednesday morning.

Bjorn will leave the Rams on Nov. 29 for a return to his alma mater at the University of Massachusetts, accepting a role that will focus largely on reviving a st

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