ARTICLES CONCERNING
RICHARD GIANNINI, FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
(March 25, 2011) Dear usmnews.net: I appreciate all of the sports analyses that you are putting up. Don’t think
that none of the big USM boosters are paying attention. I’m told some are, and that they find the information
shocking in some cases. I don’t know about any coaches, but Mr. G [Richard Giannini, UM athletics director]
could be in trouble.
(April 5, 2011) 31st & Pearl Time for Giannini to GoGoBye Reading Richard Giannini’s 31-March-2011 defense
of the “complimentary” Caribbean cruise that lazily carried him, his wife Gayle, and a number of college
football’s “decision makers” to CoCoCay and back makes one a bit weak in the tummy.
(December 9, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . Giannini Out as USM AD HATTIESBURG – According to afternoon
reports (on 8-Dec-2011) from The Hattiesburg American, embattled USM athletic director Richard Giannini was
set to step down from that high-level position on 9-Dec-2011. By the evening of 8-Dec-2011, that story had
changed to one indicating that Giannini would retire in Jan-2012, after assisting USM with the transition from
former head football coach Larry Fedora to Fedora’s successor.