Division III Football Committee Duties & Responsibilities

COMMITTEE INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY SERVING ON NCAA COMMITTEES

NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:  

• 8 (two from each of the four regions)
  

GENERAL DUTIES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

• Championship season, including selections:
  • Serve as chairs of respective regional committees.  
  • Evaluate teams throughout the season.
  • Participate on numerous regional and national conference calls.
  • Assist other committee members with the selection of teams and creation of the bracket.
  • Assign crews of officials to work the playoff games.
  • Staff selected playoff games.
  • Attend the Division III Football Championship game (Stagg Bowl).
• Nonchampionship season:
  • Develop and review agenda items for annual meeting.
  • Attend annual meeting.
  • Set up regional advisory committees for the upcoming season.
  • Participate on conference calls as needed.
    

CHAMPIONSHIP DATES AND GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES/NUMBER OF DAYS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND:

• Attend the entire Stagg Bowl championship week (arriving either Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning and leaving Sunday morning).  The championship is held the third Saturday in December.  
• Attend selected preliminary round playoff games.  There are 26 preliminary round games.  Committee members usually arrive early Friday to attend practices and leave after the game on Saturday.  Committee member acts as the NCAA representative at these games.  Preliminary games start the next to last weekend in November.
  

NUMBER OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS PER YEAR:  

• Attend the annual committee meeting in February (four days during the second week in February).  
• The chair attends the American Football Coaches Association convention (two days during first week of January).
  

NUMBER OF CONFERENCE CALLS PER YEAR:

• Committee members are required to participate on seven regional advisory committee calls and seven national committee calls (weekly in October and November) prior to selection.  The regional calls are generally on Tuesday.  The national calls are on Wednesday.  
• Committee members also participate on four Sunday conference calls during the playoffs and a Monday call the week of the Stagg Bowl.

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