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Utah State on Wednesday announced that it has named Jana Doggett as interim athletic director as the search for a permanent AD continues.

Scott Barnes, who was named Pitt's athletic director in April, is vacating the athletic director's position on Friday.

Doggett is in her ninth year with the Utah State athletics department and fourth year as the executive associate athletics director.

In February she was named one of the nation's top 10 senior female administrators at the Division I level by College AD.

"I look forward to the interim appointment and thank President Albrecht for the opportunity to serve in this capacity," she said. "Moving forward, we want to make sure our student-athletes have all the resources available to them to be successful both in the classroom as well as on the playing field."