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.

As Michigan State University on Wednesday welcomed J Batt as its new athletic director, he promised "hard work, energy, effort, creativity and the highest level of integrity each and every day to support our coaches and student athletes.