Aug. 7, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio - The National Association of Athletics Compliance Coordinators (NAACC) has announced that they will hold their inaugural convention in conjunction with the 43rd Annual NACDA Convention which takes place from Monday-Thursday, June 9-12. The 2008 NAACC Convention will precede the NACDA Convention, from Saturday-Monday, June 7-9, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas.

"Our association has grown significantly since joining NACDA in 1998," said NAACC President Travis Feezell, director of athletics, Macalester College. "In 2006 and 2007, NAACC held Compliance Workshops at the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas at Austin and received tremendous responses. The next logical step for our association was to join the NACDA Convention and continue to grow."

The Compliance Workshops were conducted by peers in the compliance profession with the idea that all compliance professionals are searching for a better way to do some part of their compliance jobs. The workshops gave the association members a great networking opportunity to learn how others in the compliance field were monitoring calls and educating their coaches. The workshops also looked at the establishment of compliance industry standards and how that impacts the on-campus professional as well as the NCAA Enforcement Staff and the Committee on Infractions.

At the most recent Compliance Workshop, ACS Athletics, Aprende Technology and Ice Miller LLP served as sponsors.

"We are pleased that NAACC will be hosting its first convention in conjunction with the 43rd Annual NACDA Convention in Dallas," stated NACDA Senior Associate Executive Director Bob Vecchione. "NAACC's growth over the past few years, along with its participation at the 2008 Convention parallels NACDA's mission statement with the Association continuing to provide educational opportunities, while serving as a vehicle for networking, the exchange of information, and advocacy on behalf of the profession to its affiliate associations."

About NAACC: NAACC is in its 10th year and serves as the professional and educational association of athletics compliance coordinators. For more information about NAACC, please visit www.compliancecoordinators.com. NAACC is administered by NACDA. In its 43rd year, NACDA is the professional and educational association for more than 6,100 college athletics administrators at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. More than 2,000 athletics administrators annually attend the NACDA Convention. Additionally, NACDA administers 10 professional associations for the separate business units that report directly to the athletics director.