sentences:  He resigned from Nebraska on December 2, 2002 to take over as athletic director at Texas A&M.During Byrne's tenure at A&M, the Aggies won 45 Big 12 Conference Championships in 11 different sports
  and captured nine team national championships in equestrian, six in outdoor track and field, one in women's basketball, and one in men's golf.The 40 championships won by the Aggies from January 2003 through the end of the 2011 season rank second in the league.