Norman, Oklahoma USA

Ex-Pride director withheld endorsement of Stolarik, Boren says criticism from ‘small organized campaign’

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Pride of Oklahoma in 2012.
Pride of Oklahoma in 2012.

In email correspondence to OU President David Boren, former long-time Pride of Oklahoma director Gene Thrailkill withheld his endorsement of recent band director hire Justin Stolarik, according to e-mail correspondence sent to OU President David Boren and obtained from an open records request by The Oklahoma Daily student newspaper.  Thrailkill was a member of the university’s search committee commissioned to find a replacement for departing director Brian Britt.

The emails also show that Boren characterized complaints about changes Stolarik has made to Pride traditions as coming from a “small organized campaign”, not representative of most fans attending OU football games, the newspaper reported.

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