Earlier this month, University of Arizona Athletic Director Greg Byrne decided to leave Tucson for the University of Alabama.

Byrne will be in charge of a department that has seen its football program win four of the past eight national championships.

Byrne was highly-sought after in this changing world of college athletics because of a combination of skills.

To learn more about those skills and what’s next for UA, we talked with sportswriter Jon Wilner of The San Jose Mercury News. He covers the Pac-12 Conference.