How will new Cal Chancellor Rich Lyons deal with Golden Bears athletics?

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By Jake Curtis, Cal Sports Report: Rich Lyons, an established economist and former dean of the Haas School of Business, has been named the next Chancellor at Cal, but what the Golden Bears coaches and athletes want to know is whether he will be an expert on the ever-changing, complicated issues involved in big-time, big-money college sports.

Lyons, who will be Berkeley’s 12th chancellor, will succeed Chancellor Carol Christ, who is due to step down on July 1.