Basketball coach Tom Izzo called J Batt "a home run hire", and President Kevin Guskiewicz said MIchigan State got "the best" in its new AD.

This era will continue to be dynamic, require additional resources and provide new challenges daily,” Batt said in his introductory remarks.

J Batt says Michigan State has a top-10 athletic department in the country. The school’s next athletic director made it clear that the football program must lead the way to make his statement ring true.