Western New Mexico University hires new athletic director

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University has a new athletic director. The school announced Monday that it has hired Scott Noble to run the Mustangs athletic program. His job at the school's Silver City campus begins Feb. 2. For the last several years, Noble has been the athletic director at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he re-introduced the women's basketball program after a 30-year hiatus. He has a master's degree in physical education and sport administration from Eastern Illinois University. Western New Mexico University competes as a NCAA Division II school.