Vanderbilt AD Turner resigns, replaced by Lee

Reports indicate Vanderbilt athletics director Malcom Turner has resigned, with deputy athletic director Candice Storey Lee named as AD. Lee becomes Vanderbilt’s first female AD and the first black woman to lead an SEC athletic department. In a prepared statement, Turner cited “certain family commitments” and “new opportunities” as reasons for his resignation. ESPN reports sources as saying Vanderbilt’s financial approach and spending under Turner, a first-time college athletic director, escalated tension in recent weeks and led to Tuesday’s split.