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Published: April 3, 2008
The reluctant AD: Holder didn't want job
Pickens persuaded golf coach that he was qualified
Pickens persuaded golf coach that he was qualified
STILLWATER — The man who sealed Sean Sutton 's fate as Oklahoma State 's basketball coach never wanted to be an athletic director. Never gave it any thought, really.
Mike Holder was plugging right along as the nation's most successful golf coach until three years ago when his billionaire best friend threw him under the bus — or, as it were, into the OSU athletic director's chair.
"They were looking fo...
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