(WVLT, Sports Overtime) -- The Vols Associate Athletics Director for Sales and Marketing, Chris Fuller will assume some of the responsibilities for the departing John Currie in the Athletic Department until the University decides the future of the position and a permanent replacment for Currie is found sometime likely before fall, according to Tennessee Athletics Director of Public Relations, Tiffany Carpenter.

Chris Fuller currently leads the sales and marketing effort for the University of Tennessee Athletic Department. He is responsible for cultivating corporate partner relationships, developing and implementing season ticket and group sales and developing marketing and promotional plans for men's and women's athletics.

Additionally, Fuller oversees all elements of game atmosphere for football and men's basketball. In 2007, Fuller was the lead negotiator on Tennessee's Multi-Media Agreement with IMG College. The agreement, valued at $83.4 million over ten years, is one of the most significant of its kind in college athletics.

Prior to Tennessee, Fuller served as a consultant for the Mid-American Conference, Bowling Green State University and Troy State University. Prior to that, he was vice president of collegiate marketing for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Fuller previously served as director of business operations and university services for ACC Properties and was assistant sports marketing director at North Carolina. He graduated from Shepherd College in 1988 and earned his master's degree from West Virginia University in 1992. He and his wife Lori were married in October 2005. The couple resides in Knoxville.

(GoVolsXtra.com, Mike Strange) -- Tennessee’s John Currie will be named athletic director at Kansas State University, a source confirmed to the News Sentinel on Thursday.

Currie, executive associate athletic director, has been AD Mike Hamilton’s top aide for the past several years.

Kansas State has been seeking a replacement for Bob Krause. President-select Kirk Schulz told the Manhattan Mercury he expected to name an AD by June 1, but the announcement could be much sooner.

Attempts to reach Currie on Thursday were unsuccessful.

Currie, a 1993 graduate of Wake Forest, has been at Tennessee since 2000. He helps supervise development, marketing, ticketing and men’s basketball.

He has been a finalist for AD positions at Duke and Middle Tennessee State.

Other candidates who have been mentioned for the Kansas State opening at various times are Jeff Schemmel, athletic director at San Diego State and Illinois State athletic director Sheahon Zenger. Both are KSU alumni.

The school recently brought Bill Snyder out of retirement for a second term as football coach.