Friday, June 28, 2024: a date which will live in infamy. It’s a date on which many employees of the Pac-12 Network spend their last day on the job before the network goes dark at the very end of June. Pac-12 Network anchor Ashley Adamson, who was there from the beginning more than a decade ago, wrote a goodbye column on John Canzano’s Substack (paywalled; subscription required).
Adamson thanked a lot of people throughout the Pac-12, in broadcasting and coaching, in addition to family and friends.
Here’s the excerpt from the coaching section of Adamson’s farewell letter:
The late Mike Leach taught me a lot, including where dairy comes from. He was also the shining example of living wholly, and unapologetically, as yourself. One of my biggest regrets from the last 12 years is that Leach and I never did that rollerblading feature together in Key West.
Former Washington coach Chris Petersen showed me that often the most courageous choice we can make is knowing when to stop. Utah’s Kyle Whittingham put on a masterclass on leadership through adversity, proving the power of brotherhood.
Stanford great Tara VanDerveer proved to all of us that you can reach the mountain top, while simultaneously pulling up everyone around you.
We won’t miss the Pac-12 Network, but we will miss the people who have been part of the Pac-12 and are genuinely sad the course of events brought us to this point.
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