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Myles Brand assumed his duties as president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association January 1, 2003. He was the fourth chief executive officer of the Association.
NCAA President Myles Brand, the first university president to serve as the Association's chief executive and a champion of academic reform, fiscal responsibility and student-athlete well-being, died September 16 from pancreatic cancer.
» Tribute to Brand planned for October 28
» In lieu of flowers, donations should be directed to the Myles Brand Chair in Cancer Research at Indiana University.
» Brand honored in online presentation
Many NCAA conferences are asking their member schools to observe a moment of silence before all campus athletics events through Sunday to honor NCAA President Myles Brand.
The leader of NCAA President Myles Brand’s alma mater hailed the 1964 graduate of Rensselaer as a “loyal son and devoted friend” who strongly supported the school, including through his recent service as a trustee.
Myles Brand is being remembered as a towering figure who redefined the role of intercollegiate athletics in higher education. College and university presidents across the nation proclaimed the gains made during Brand’s seven-year tenure.
EDITORIALS BY MYLES BRAND
The first African-American head football coach in what today is the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) - the 119 institutions that compete in the annual postseason bowl games - was hired in 1979.
Working with Detroit's leadership, including the United Way for Southeastern Michigan, we have identified a need for the creation of Early Learning Communities.
There will be more head coaches of color at NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools than ever in history when the 2009 season gets underway. And more were hired than ever before at the end of the 2008 season.
I returned recently from a trip to China, where I was a guest of the Ministry of Education. The Chinese had a successful Olympics, and they want to expand their approach to sports from one that focuses on preparing elite athletes.
There is something very wrong taking place in sports, including college sports. It isn't universal. It doesn't happen all the time. But it happens often enough to suggest that we - the fans - are losing our way.
I have said on many occasions since my tenure as NCAA president began in January 2003 that intercollegiate athletics has an unflattering record of hiring women and people of color for leadership positions.
A musical opened on Broadway in 1927 called Good News. These were the days before professional football, and the college game was as much the rage of 1920's America as flappers, speakeasies and Al Jolson performing in blackface...
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AN ERA OF REFORM
From the first weeks of his presidency, Myles Brand was dedicated to enhancing the academic environment and eliminating the phrase "dumb jock" from the American perception.
From the beginning of his tenure, Myles Brand understood the significance of presidential control of intercollegiate athletics as a means of reforming the enterprise.
Myles Brand realized the value of diversity and inclusion so much that he created its own department at the NCAA national office.
VIDEOS
PODCASTS
President Brand discusses NCAA issues.
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PRESIDENTIAL REPORTS
President Brand composes monthly updates for NCAA presidents and chancellors from September through June annually.
» June 2009
» May 2009
» April 2009
» March 2009
» February 2009
» January 2009
Past presidential reports
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