The most prominent alum from Louisiana Tech showed his
love for his alma mater by donating $300,000 to the school for work on the basketball arena and another $50,000 towards the volleyball team. At the same time it was announced that Karl Malone would be the Director of Basketball Promotion and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. Malone also announced that he will not be taking salary for the jobs.
Malone joins the staff of newly hired Tech men's basketball coach Kerry Rupp, a personal friend who was brought in on Malone's recommendation.
He said he would take no salary, and asked for no office space. "I don't want an expense account," Malone said, chuckling.
The whole athletic department is excited and looking forward to having Karl Malone as a regular presence. For the
obvious reason.
"We have kids calling us asking if Karl will be there when they take a visit and we definitely plan on using that," Rupp said. "Having him involved in the program with his legendary status will be huge for us."
Malone will be front and center of
massive fundraising goals and
efforts.
"We're not going to leave anybody out," Malone said. "If you've got $25, you'll get a catfish plate. If you've $100,000, I might have you over to my house."
The first thing I'd do if I was the athletic director, put some really good lawyers with experience dealing with the NCAA on retainer. This is an incredibly generous and direct involvement from their biggest and one of their richest alum. The NCAA will be watching closely.
