ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The University of Alaska Anchorage named its next athletic director Tuesday, months after Ryan Smartwood stepped away from the role.
Michael Bazemore will become the fourth athletic director for UAA in the last 13 years, taking over for Smartwood, who had served in the role since 2022. Smartwood accepted the athletic director position with California State University-Northridge last October.
When Smartwood left last fall, Tanya Pont took over as acting AD…