Oregon names interim athletics director during search for Mike Bellotti’s successor

Oregon names interim athletics director

EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon has named the university’s former vice president for student affairs as interim athletics director while the search for Mike Bellotti’s replacement is conducted.

Bellotti, Oregon’s football coach for 14 seasons before becoming athletics director last July, is taking a job as a college football analyst with ESPN.

Lorraine Davis will serve on a month-to-month basis starting April 20. She retired in 2006 but has worked part time at Oregon, overseeing academic support services for student-athletes, among other duties.

Bellotti’s tenure as athletics director was tumultuous, mostly because of a number of instances of misconduct by players on the football team.