NCAA starts search to fill new executive vice president role
When NCAA Chief Operating Officer Jim Isch revealed in August that he would retire in early 2015, President Mark Emmert announced a “reorganization” of the association’s senior staff. With that reorganization came the introduction of a new position – executive vice president – and a national search began Thursday to fill the new executive vice president role.
According to the NCAA, the executive vice president will “for the first time bring all NCAA national office regulatory functions – Academic and Membership Affairs, the Eligibility Center and Enforcement – under one umbrella.”
Emmert said he is seeking a “decisive, collaborative, and respected senior leader with significant campus and membership experience” to fill the role.
A search committee, headed by Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and Mark Lewis, NCAA executive vice president of championships and alliances, is made up of nine members.
Those members include: NCAA vice president of Division I David Berst, Arizona vice president for athletics Greg Byrne, Cornell College (Iowa) athletic director John Cochrane, Patriot League commissioner Carolyn Schlie Femovich, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley, UTSA athletic director Lynn Hickey, Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and Palm Beach Atlantic athletic director Carolyn Stone.
Emmert hopes to have a hire in place by the end of October so that the new executive VP can “assist with the transition of the new Division I governance structure.”
Executive search firm Korn Ferry will also assist with the hiring process.
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