Officers

The officers of the Management Council are the chair and vice-chair. The officers are elected by the Management Council for a maximum two-year term and the chair is not eligible for immediate reelection to the position of chair. The chair of the Management Council must be a senior member of the Management Council.

A senior member of the Management Council is a member who has served at least one year on the Management Council. After one year of service, the senior member would be eligible to be nominated as chair or vice-chair of the Management Council or as a senior member of the Administrative Committee.

The election of the chair and vice-chair will be conducted on a staggered basis so that both positions are not vacated in the same year. The elected officer will begin his or her official duties during the January post-Convention Management Council meeting.

The procedures to elect the Management Council chair and vice-chair will begin during the July Management Council meeting. During this meeting, the responsibilities for the applicable position will be reviewed. All eligible members for the position of chair and vice-chair will be considered nominees for the positions unless they decline the nomination by informing the national office staff by a predetermined date. The staff will conduct the in-person election for all Management Council members present during the first day of the July meeting. The staff will continue the balloting process, eliminating the lowest vote getter after each round, until a majority decision is reached. The process will begin with the election of the chair followed by the election of the vice-chair. The announcement of chair and vice-chair will occur at the conclusion of the meeting.

NCAA officers must observe all customary NCAA procedures when issues arise involving student-athletes or the athletics programs at their own institutions (or in the case of conference executives, the institutions within the conference) and should not participate during consideration of such issues by the Administrative Committee, Management Council, Presidents Council or Executive Committee.

When disseminating information to the media and the general public, only the chair of the Management Council and/or an appointed designee shall speak on behalf of the Management Council regarding Management Council actions.