What is NCAA Football?
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NCAA Football Fact Sheet
Established: NCAA Football was created in 1997 as a 501(c) 4, not-for-profit corporation to serve as the collective voice to promote college football.
Coalition: NCAA Football represents a coalition of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA), the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which are the stakeholders for college football. The AFCA and NACDA began the effort in 1995 with the formation of College Sports USA.
Mission: To improve, promote and protect college football for those who play, coach, support and dream of playing the game.
Objectives: The NCAA Football mission is supported by these objectives:
Increasing interest through targeted grassroots, promotional and interactive programs;
Promote college football and make available opportunities for youth to engage in the game through community opportunities that encourage motivation to pursue higher education opportunities;
Encouraging good sportsmanship to help foster a family-oriented atmosphere at and around games;
Developing promotional and marketing opportunities to create a single voice for college football through the collective efforts of the AFCA, CCA, NACDA and the NCAA, and
Creating incremental revenues through a sponsorship and licensing program featuring constituent trademarks to support common initiatives, generate new royalties for the membership and financially support worthy projects that advance college football.
Board: There are 16 members on the Board of Directors; which includes one individual representing each NCAA Division I-BCS conference, the AFCA, NACDA and the NCAA, and two from NCAA Division I-FCS.
Tagline: "NCAA Football: Every Game Counts."
Board of Directors
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President
Craig Thompson
Mountain West Conference
Vice President
Tom Jernstedt
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Secretary
Doug Fullerton
Big Sky Conference
Treasurer
Grant Teaff
American Football Coaches Association
Finance Committee Chair
Mark Womack
Southeastern Conference
Executive Director, ex officio
David Bertram
IMG College
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Board Member
Gary Barta
Big Ten Conference
(University of Iowa)
Board Member
Karl Benson
Western Athletic Conference
Board Member
Tom Burnett
Southland Athletic Conference
Board Member
Bill Byrne
Big 12 Conference
(Texas A&M University)
Board Member
Nick Carparelli
Big East Conference
Board Member
Steve Hatchell
National Football Foundation
Board Member
Paul Hoolahan
Football Bowl Association
(Allstate Sugar Bowl)
Board Member
Michael Kelly
Atlantic Coast Conference
Board Member
Larry Scott
Pacific-10 Conference
Board Member
Jon Steinbrecher
Mid-American Conference
Board Member
Rick Villarreal
Sun Belt Conference
(University of North Texas)
Board Member
Alfred White
Conference-USA
Board Member
Kevin White
National Association of Collegiate
Directors of Athletics
(Duke University)
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Staff
Executive Director
David Bertram
Senior Manager
Alison Polk
Marketing Coordinator
Bret Krift
