BILLINGS — Montana State's athletic infrastructure has boomed in Leon Costello's near 10-year run as the director of the department, superseding anything that had been accomplished there in decades.

Most recently, the $25 million Kennedy-Stark Athletic Center, MSU's new indoor practice facility, had its grand opening in August. That came on the heels of the $18 million Bobcat Athletic Complex, which opened in the fall of 2021. Both helped level the playing field for a once-sleeping giant.

"Not knowing how long any of it was going to take, I would say we've accomplished a lot in probably a shorter amount of time than what we would have ever thought," Costello, who was hired as AD in 2016, told MTN Sports.

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There's an obvious correlation between facilities growth a

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