Detroit Free Press: Michigan athletic department booster donations up 22 percent since Brady Hoke was hired

The suites at Michigan Stadium are sold out and donations to the Michigan athletic department are up 22 percent in the past year, according to an article today in The Detroit Free Press.

The additional $5.3 million is a combination of suite sales at the stadium (20 percent went unsold last season), donations to other programs and other marketing, Michigan officials said, but the boost in giving coincides strongly with the hiring of football coach Brady Hoke and the dismissal of Rich Rodriguez, the Free Press reports.

Donations to the Michigan athletic department from July 1, 2010 to May 31 totaled $28.8 million, the Free Press reported.