Overview
- Washington State announced the dismissal on Wednesday and named athletics COO Jon Haarlow interim athletic director.
- University President Elizabeth Cantwell praised McCoy’s leadership in the announcement without providing a reason for the change.
- McCoy became the school’s first woman athletic director in June 2024 after three months in the role on an interim basis.
- She joined Washington State’s athletics department in 2001 and previously worked at Portland State, the University of Maine and Saint Louis University.
- Her tenure included hiring men’s basketball coach David Riley, swimming coach Russ Whitaker and women’s golf coach Kevin Tucker, extending women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge, and cutting field events from track and field.