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  2. Athletic director - Wikipedia

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    An associate athletics director actually performed the functions of athletic director on a daily basis in the name of the coach. At a few institutions where basketball was the predominant sport, the head men's basketball coach was treated similarly. In recent decades, this system has been almost entirely abandoned; collegiate sports, especially ...

  3. Rooney Rule - Wikipedia

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    The rule is named after Dan Rooney, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and former chairman of the league's diversity committee. [7]It was created as a reaction to the 2002 firings of head coaches Tony Dungy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dennis Green of the Minnesota Vikings, at a time when Dungy had a winning record and Green had just had his first losing season in ten years.

  4. Jack Swarbrick - Wikipedia

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    Swarbrick was previously considered for athletic director positions at Indiana University, Stanford University, Ohio State University, and Arizona State University [3] In 2007, he was considered for the position of commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, and in 2002 he was a finalist for the position of NCAA president, which went to Myles Brand. [9]

  5. Desireé Reed-Francois - Wikipedia

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    Desireé Don Reed-Francois (born May 7, 1972) is an American attorney and college athletics administrator who became the athletic director at the University of Arizona on March 3, 2024. She has more than two-and-half decades of experience in intercollegiate athletics, including overseeing the external operations for several institutions.

  6. Sports law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The program provides students with the opportunity to earn a Sports Law Certificate from its National Sports Law Institute, and publishes the Marquette Sports Law Review. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The NSLI is one of the leading national educational and research institutes for the study of legal, ethical, and business issues affecting amateur and ...

  7. Sports information director - Wikipedia

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    A sports information director is a type of public relations worker who provides statistics, team, and player notes, as well as other information about a college or university's sports teams to the news media and public. [1]

  8. Court of Arbitration for Sport - Wikipedia

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    Generally speaking, a dispute may be submitted to the CAS only if an arbitration agreement between the parties specifies recourse to the CAS. However, according to rule 61 of the Olympic Charter, all disputes in connection with the Olympic Games can only be submitted to CAS, [3] and all Olympic international federations (IF) have recognised the jurisdiction of CAS for at least some disputes.

  9. Coach (sport) - Wikipedia

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    In English football, the director of a professional football team is commonly awarded the position of manager, a role that combines the duties of coach and sporting director. All coaches of association football teams need to carefully consider the tactical ability and skill level of their teams when selecting tactics and strategy for games as ...