Shahid Khan buys Jacksonville Jaguars and realizes dream
December 1, 2011 4:34 PM
Shahid R. Khan, who agreed this week to acquire the Jacksonville Jaguars, has coveted an N.F.L. team for several years. Khan's love of football was nurtured at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and his riches as an auto parts manufacturer made the dream possible.
"He's very inquisitive, he's studied it and he's been talking about it for a long time," said Ron Guenther, a former athletic director at the university. Guenther asked his friend Jerry Colangelo, a former owner of the Phoenix Suns and the Arizona Diamondbacks, to tutor Khan on buying a team. Their first meeting was at the 2005 Final Four in St. Louis, where North Carolina defeated Khan's Fighting Illini in the final.
"His interest was specifically football, but he may have mentioned baseball, too," Colangelo said.
nytimes.com
"He's very inquisitive, he's studied it and he's been talking about it for a long time," said Ron Guenther, a former athletic director at the university. Guenther asked his friend Jerry Colangelo, a former owner of the Phoenix Suns and the Arizona Diamondbacks, to tutor Khan on buying a team. Their first meeting was at the 2005 Final Four in St. Louis, where North Carolina defeated Khan's Fighting Illini in the final.
"His interest was specifically football, but he may have mentioned baseball, too," Colangelo said.
nytimes.com
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