Washington hires Tulane’s Troy Dannen as AD: What the veteran administrator brings to Huskies

By Nicole Auerbach, Chris Vannini and Scott Dochterman
The University of Washington hired veteran college administrator Troy Dannen as its athletic director. The school announced the news on Saturday, about a month-and-a-half after Jen Cohen left the position to take the same post at USC. Here’s what you need to know:

Dannen has spent the past eight years as the athletic director at Tulane, overseeing a historic run for the football team that included a Cotton Bowl win over USC last postseason. Prior to Tulane, he spent seven years as the AD at Northern Iowa.
He will begin his duties in…