The Division I Council has developed eight working groups to address recommendations from the independent Commission on College Basketball.
The groups are focusing on the four strategic areas identified by the commission:
- Creating realistic pathways for student-athlete success.
- Mitigating non-scholastic basketball’s harmful influence on college basketball.
- Establishing professional, neutral investigation and adjudication of serious infractions and holding schools and individuals accountable.
- Adding a significant number of public members to the NCAA Board of Governors.
Nonscholastic basketball
The non-scholastic basketball group will discuss recommendations regarding event certification, youth basketball and recruiting.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| Dan Guerrero, chair |
Athletics director |
UCLA |
| Kim Capriotti |
Faculty athletics representative |
Jacksonville |
| Jim Haney |
Executive director |
National Association of Basketball Coaches |
| Markus Howard |
Student-athlete |
Marquette |
| Noah Knight |
Student-athlete |
UMKC |
| Judy MacLeod |
Commissioner |
Conference USA |
| Phil Martelli |
Head coach |
Saint Joseph’s |
| Dawn Rogers |
Deputy athletics director, senior woman administrator |
Baylor |
| Gene Smith |
Athletics director |
Ohio St. |
| Jennifer Strawley |
Deputy athletics director, chief operating officer and senior woman administrator |
Miami (FL) |
| Mike Thomas |
Athletics director |
Cleveland St. |
NCAA staff liaisons: Jon Duncan, NCAA vice president of enforcement; Dan Gavitt, NCAA senior vice president of basketball.
NBA-related issues
The group addressing NBA-related issues will discuss the one-and-done rule and additional draft flexibility for men’s basketball student-athletes.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| Val Ackerman, chair |
Commissioner |
Big East |
| Paul Brazeau |
Senior associate commissioner |
ACC |
| Jeffrey Hathaway |
Athletics director |
Hofstra |
| Dan Leibovitz |
Associate commissioner |
SEC |
| Bernard Muir |
Athletics director |
Stanford |
| Paul Schlickmann |
Athletics director |
Fairfield |
NCAA staff liaison: Dan Gavitt, NCAA senior vice president of basketball.
Recruiting
The recruiting working group will discuss recommendations from the National Association of Basketball Coaches regarding recruiting and coach interaction with recruits/student-athletes.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| Jeffrey Hathaway, chair |
Athletics director |
Hofstra |
| Val Ackerman |
Commissioner |
Big East |
| Ross Bjork |
Athletics director |
Ole Miss |
| Paul Brazeau |
Senior associate commissioner |
ACC |
| Kim Capriotti |
Faculty athletics representative |
Jacksonville |
| Dan Guerrero |
Athletics director |
UCLA |
| Jim Haney |
Executive director |
National Association of Basketball Coaches |
| Markus Howard |
Student-athlete |
Marquette |
| Phil Martelli |
Head coach |
Saint Joseph’s |
| Bernard Muir |
Athletics director |
Stanford |
| Judy Rose |
Athletics director |
Charlotte |
| Bill Self |
Head coach |
Kansas |
| Gene Smith |
Athletics director |
Ohio St. |
| Mike Thomas |
Athletics director |
Cleveland St. |
| Kevin Vannatta |
Student-athlete |
UNC Asheville |
NCAA staff liaisons: Dan Gavitt, NCAA senior vice president of basketball; Charnele Kemper, NCAA director of academic and membership affairs.
Apparel companies
The apparel companies group will focus on financial transparency, apparel company transparency, contractual obligations and school agreements.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| Grace Calhoun, chair |
Athletics director |
Penn |
| Joe Castiglione |
Athletics director |
Oklahoma |
| Blake James |
Athletics director |
Miami (FL) |
| Rob Mullens |
Athletics director |
Oregon |
| Jack Swarbrick |
Athletics director |
Notre Dame |
| Scott Woodward |
Athletics director |
Texas A&M |
NCAA staff liaisons: JoAn Scott, NCAA managing director of men’s basketball; Chris Termini, NCAA managing director of championships.
Enforcement, Committee on Infractions, Infractions Appeals Committee
The working group will discuss recommendations regarding complex cases, core punishments and fines.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| Greg Christopher, chair |
Athletics director |
Xavier |
| Robin Harris |
Executive director |
Ivy League |
| Chad Hawley |
Associate commissioner |
Big Ten |
| Amy Huchthausen |
Commissioner |
America East |
| Patti Ohlendorf |
Vice president for legal affairs |
Texas |
| Larry Parkinson |
Director |
Office of Enforcement for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| Steve Perez |
Faculty athletics representative |
Sacramento St. |
| Allison Rich |
Senior associate athletics director, senior woman administrator |
Princeton |
| Dave Roberts |
Special advisor to the president |
Southern California |
| Greg Sankey |
Commissioner |
SEC |
| John Wildhack |
Athletics director |
Syracuse |
NCAA staff liaison: Donald Remy, NCAA executive vice president of law, policy and governance.
Agents and advisors
The agents and advisors working group will discuss agent certification, meaningful assessments of professional athletics opportunities for student-athletes, and the appointment of a new NCAA vice president position to develop meaningful standards in this area, among other things.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| David Benedict, co-chair |
Athletics director |
UConn |
| Brad Hostetter, co-chair |
Associate commissioner |
ACC |
| Mitch Barnhart |
Athletics director |
Kentucky |
| Warde Manuel |
Athletics director |
Michigan |
| Brian Shannon |
Faculty athletics representative |
Texas Tech |
| Lynn Swann |
Athletics director |
Southern California |
| Carla Wilson |
Athletics director |
UMKC |
NCAA staff liaisons: Felicia Martin, NCAA vice president of the Eligibility Center; Dave Schnase, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs.
Association-wide issues
The working group will discuss adding independent members to the Board of Governors and developing an annual certification of compliance process for Division I members.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| Ronald K. Machtley, chair |
President |
Bryant |
| Jeff Docking, co-chair |
President |
Adrian |
| Glen Jones, co-chair |
President |
Henderson St. |
| Other members TBD |
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NCAA staff liaisons: Terri Gronau, NCAA vice president of Division II; Bob Williams, NCAA senior vice president of communications.
Student-athlete support
This subject will be handled by the Division I Committee on Academics. To address the commission’s recommendations, the committee will discuss supporting students, including the creation of a degree-completion fund.
| Name |
Position |
Organization |
| John J. DeGioia, chair |
President |
Georgetown |
| Jeri Beggs |
Faculty athletics representative |
Illinois St. |
| Jacqueline Blackett |
Senior associate athletics director, senior woman administrator |
Columbia |
| Frank Bonner |
President |
Gardner-Webb |
| Jerry Bovee |
Athletics director |
Weber St. |
| Greg Burke |
Athletics director |
Northwestern St. |
| Carolyn Callahan |
Faculty athletics representative |
Virginia |
| Manoj Chopra |
Faculty athletics representative |
UCF |
| Beth DeBauche |
Commissioner |
Ohio Valley |
| Ursula Gurney |
Deputy athletics director, senior woman administrator |
UMKC |
| Rhonda Hatcher |
Faculty athletics representative |
TCU |
| Eric Hall |
Faculty athletics representative |
Elon |
| Dianne Harrison |
President |
CSUN |
| Jennifer Heppel |
Commissioner |
Patriot League |
| Genese Lavalais |
Associate athletics director for academics, senior woman administrator |
Jackson St. |
| Karen Paisley |
Faculty athletics representative |
Utah |
| Joe Scogin |
Senior associate athletics director/assistant provost |
Tennessee |
| Nicole Sherwin |
Student-athlete |
Northern Ariz. |
| Lynn Thompson |
Athletics director |
Bethune-Cookman |
| Kurt Zorn |
Associate vice provost |
Indiana |
NCAA staff liaison: Dave Schnase, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs.