"I'm greatly excited about the opportunity,'' he said in a telephone interview with the Press-Register. "Getting back to my home state has been a 25-year journey since graduating from college. If you count (the time at college) its really been 29 years since I have been a true resident of Alabama, more specifically of South Alabama, and I'm just so grateful and thankful for the opportunity that Dr. (Jack) Hawkins (Troy's chancellor) is providing.

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Hartwell 'excited' about opportunity as Troy's new AD

This is the right way to do it. Good luck to Troy.