sentences:  The current director of the University of Minnesota Marching Band is Professor Betsy McCann, who graduated from the University of Minnesota and holds a graduate degree from Northwestern University.She was named director of the band in 2016 after the previous director, Timothy Diem, stepped down following sixteen years with the band.McCann, having formerly acted as the Assistant Director of the marching band, currently serves as the both the Director of Marching and Athletic Bands as well as the Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota.