This story was updated at 5 p.m. Friday to include an update from NMSU on when Mario Moccia received his written notice of termination, and that he is on paid leave for one month, as required by ...

Amber Burdge took a phone call on Jan. 2. New Mexico State President Valerio Ferme wanted to see her. She was confident it ...

Newly released documents from New Mexico State University shed light on the university president’s decision to fire athletic director Mario Moccia. KRQE News 13 obtained a three-page termination ...

Ferme explained his reasons for firing long-time Athletic Director Mario Moccia. "My assessment was that NMSU needed a change because it has been two and a half years that we have been embroiled ...

An anonymous group of business people, many with active relationships with New Mexico State University and its athletic department, has delivered a letter to the school's new president expressing its ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — New Mexico State University announced Thursday that they had replaced Mario Moccia, the university's athletics director. NMSU president Valerio Ferme stated that ...

A former NMSU baseball player, Moccia has served as NMSU’s athletic director since 2015. During his tenure, Moccia oversaw NMSU’s transition into Conference USA in 2023, and also guided ...

New Mexico State is moving on from athletic director Mario Moccia in the wake of an investigation that criticized the ...

Jason Groves of the Las Cruces Sun News first to report Moccia’s firing. NMSU confirms that Athletic Director Mario Moccia has been fired. The school will put out a release today and make sure ...

THANK YOU. NMSU’S DEPUTY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, DOCTOR AMBER BERG WILL SERVE AS ACTING AD BEFORE BECOMING AN AGGIE, BER New Mexico State University and Athletic Director Mario Moccia have parted ways.