For the first time, leaders from outside higher education will join college and university presidents on the board that sets the direction for the future of college sports. Representatives from schools and conferences in all three NCAA divisions came together Thursday for a historic vote aimed at increasing objectivity and adding fresh perspectives to the NCAA Board of Governors, the Association’s highest-ranking governance body.
Student-athletes in the Division I autonomy conferences are guaranteed access to mental health services and resources after legislation requiring it was adopted at the 2019 NCAA Convention.
The NCAA Board of Governors voted Wednesday to endorse a pilot coaches’ credentialing program. The Association will collaborate with the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to enhance coaches’ education and professional development on a variety of topics. The basketball pilot will inform potential efforts to extend the credentialing program to other sports.
A retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army who played football for Army West Point as a cadet, then returned decades later as the institution’s superintendent. Ten recent college graduates who excelled in the classroom and in their sports, yet also made time to give back to their communities.
The Division I Presidential Forum reviewed and had an initial discussion regarding recommendations from a working group examining academic misconduct rules and will consider them over the next several months. The forum plans to forward final concepts to the Division I Board of Directors later this year.
The NCAA will continue to pay for families of student-athletes to travel to the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours. The Division I Council made permanent Wednesday a pilot program that began with the 2015 Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships and had been extended through an annual waiver.
The NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct has named Janelle Perry the 2018-19 NCAA Student-Athlete Sportsmanship Award winner and Jeff Wettach with the 2018-19 Bob Frederick Sportsmanship Award.
The Division I Council will consider making permanent a pilot program that allows the NCAA to pay for family travel expenses to the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours.
Student-athletes in the Division I autonomy conferences would be guaranteed access to mental health services if legislation requiring it is adopted at the 2019 NCAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, later this month.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee is the 2019 recipient of the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award, which honors an individual who has provided significant leadership as an advocate for college sports.
Retired University of Michigan professor and longtime faculty athletics representative Percy Bates will receive the 2019 NCAA President’s Pat Summitt Award. Bates will accept the award Jan. 25 at the NCAA Convention in Orlando, Florida.
The NCAA has agreed to a five-year extension with Frisco, Texas, to continue holding the Division I Football Championship title game at Toyota Stadium, hosted by the Southland Conference, the city of Frisco and Hunt Sports Ventures.
The St. John’s (New York) head women’s volleyball coach failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance when she participated or directed others to participate in impermissible recruiting activity.
Student-athletes at Towson, Arkansas Tech and Alma have earned the NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition award for their community outreach efforts this fall.
The head University of Oregon women’s basketball coach failed to monitor and promote an atmosphere of compliance in his program, and the head men’s basketball coach failed to monitor his director of basketball operations.
More Division I student-athletes than ever are earning their degrees, according to new Graduation Success Rate data released today. The most recent rate is 88 percent, a record high and an increase of 1 percentage point from 2017 numbers.
