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Iowa names interim athletics director following Gary Barta’s retirement
By Keith Farner
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Iowa has named an interim athletics director to fill in for Gary Barta following his retirement announcement last week.
Beth Goetz has been named to the role, effective Aug. 1. Goetz was named interim AD after Barta announced May 26 that he will retire after 17 years at the university.
A former soccer player and college coach, she a bachelor’s degree from Clemson in 1996 and a master’s degree from Missouri-St. Louis in 2000.
Goetz joined the Iowa athletics staff in September 2022 from Ball State, where she served as AD for 4 years. At Ball State, she supervised 19 Division I sports teams, all head coaches, and senior staff.
Before Ball State, she served as the chief operating officer/senior woman administrator in the UConn athletics department from 2016-18. She previously served as Minnesota’s deputy athletics director from 2013-15 and interim athletics director during the 2015-16 season.
Goetz thanked Barta for his long career, and Iowa President Barbara Wilson for putting her trust in Goetz.
“I am committed to supporting our talented coaches, staff and student-athletes as we build on the positive trajectory of athletic and academic excellence,” she said in a statement.
Keith Farner has written about college football for newspapers and web sites since 2005.