Although several rumors circulated via Twitter in recent days that Athletic Director Kevin Anderson may be transferring to Stanford University, Anderson said he has had not talked to anyone in California and does not intend to leave his post.

“Nobody has called me and I have not talked to anybody from Stanford University,” Anderson told The Diamondback Wednesday. “I wasn’t interviewing, no one has called me and I haven’t called anybody and I guess the speculation is because I worked there and I’m from the bay area. I guess it got started that way.”

After Stanford Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby, who has served in the post since 2006, announced in May he was leaving the university to accept a position as the commissioner of the Big 12 conference, the university assembled a search committee to find a new director by September.

On Wednesday afternoon, TerrapinNation tweeted, “Also hearing from multiple sources now that ‪#Terps AD Kevin Anderson to Stanford might be nothing more than a mere formality at this point.” But Anderson maintained that anything circulating over the Internet was just a rumor, and said he has not been interviewing for any other positions.

Stanford officials did not return calls for comment.

University President Wallace Loh said he had heard about the online posts, but said he has not heard from Anderson that he is interviewing at any other university.

“If he has accepted or plans to accept an offer from Stanford, I’d be the first to know, and I have not heard from him, but I can’t go around chasing every rumor,” Loh said. “On the other hand, I’m not surprised if Stanford were to want to or is considering recruiting him because I think he’s one of the best athletic directors in the country and he came in to a very difficult situation.”

Just a few months after Anderson took the helm of the athletics department, Loh assembled a task force to examine the department’s budget. The working group found the department was grappling with an $83 million debt and would incur a $4.7 million deficit for fiscal year 2011. In November, Loh ultimately decided to cut eight teams to help balance the budget, and Anderson recommended the teams be given until June 30 to raise the funds needed to compete for eight years. Since then, women’s water polo, men’s and women’s swimming and diving and men’s outdoor track and field have worked out alternate deadlines with the department.

Loh said he does not expect to see Anderson leave the university any time soon.

“I would hate to lose him, but I think he’s also very loyal,” he said. “He’s a man of great integrity … and if he’s seriously going to Stanford, I would have known by now, so that’s honestly all I can say.”

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