This story was updated at 5 p.m. Friday to include an update from NMSU on when Mario Moccia received his written notice of termination, and that he is on paid leave for one month, as required by ...

LATER IN OUR NEWSCAST. NOW TO BREAKING NEWS THIS HOUR. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY HAS FIRED ITS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MARIO MOCCIA. SASHA LENNINGER JOINS US NOW IN STUDIO WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR.

Visit lcsun-news.com to learn more. Mario Moccia has been dismissed as the New Mexico State athletic director, an NMSU communications spokesperson confirmed Thursday morning to the Las Cruces Sun ...

But also in 2023, New Mexico State gave Moccia a five-year contract extension and a $72,000 raise to $351,000 a year in the first year of the new deal, which was scheduled to end in 2028.

NMSU PRESIDENT VALERIO, FROM HIS SECOND DAY ON THE JOB, RESPONDING TO HIS FIRST ACT AS PRESIDENT, FIRING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MARIO MOCCIA. MOCCIA WAS OFFERED A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION IN 2023 ...

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Feb 10, 2024; El Paso, Texas, USA; New Mexico State Aggies athletics director Mario Moccia looks on from the stands as the Aggies face the UTEP Miners during the first half at Don Haskins Center.

Ferme explained his reasons for firing long-time Athletic Director Mario Moccia. "My assessment was that NMSU needed a change because it has been two and a half years that we have been embroiled ...

New Mexico State has fired Mario Moccia in the wake of a report from the New Mexico attorney general criticizing the athletic director for not doing enough after sexual assault and hazing ...