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Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg

Indiana is expected to introduce Indianapolis attorney Fred Glass as its new athletic director at a news conference scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. 

An Indiana alum, Glass has been an integral part of the Indianapolis sporting scene. He served as the president of the Marion County Capital Improvement Board, which owns and operates Lucas Oil Stadium, Conseco Fieldhouse and Victory Field. He also served on the local organizing committee for the 2000 and 2006 Final Fours and chaired a committee that tried to get the 2011 Super Bowl to the city. 

He lacks previous experience in collegiate athletics administration, but as we've seen lately in the Hoosier State, that doesn't really matter. 

Indiana isn't the first school to tap into the legal world for its top athletics official.

Notre Dame hired Indianapolis attorney Jack Swarbrick to replace Kevin White in July. Longtime Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke has a law degree and spent 13 years with a steel company before entering college athletics. 

So the three top athletic directors in the state are alums of their respective schools who have law degrees and spent much of their careers on the outside.

I wouldn't be surprised if several up-and-coming athletic administrators are thinking about law school right about now. 

Swarbick was a surprising choice -- a source told me several major-conference ADs turned down Notre Dame -- and Glass also seems somewhat unconventional. It seemed likely that Oregon State AD Bob De Carolis would get the job, but Indiana went with Glass, who succeeds Rick Greenspan.

Glass takes over a department still dealing with the fallout from the phone-call scandal involving former men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson. The NCAA accused Indiana of failing to monitor its flagship sports program and could level further sanctions against the school.