Feb. 4, 2009

Cleveland, Ohio - The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has promoted Bob Vecchione to the position of Deputy Executive Director at its recent Executive Committee Meetings. Vecchione had been serving as the senior associate executive director.

Since joining NACDA in 1992, Vecchione's primary responsibility has been to orchestrate the growth of the Association, both internally and externally. During his tenure, the Association has initiated a multitude of programs that provide value-added benefits to the ever increasing membership and has continually upgraded NACDA's technological capabilities to better serve its constituencies.

Programs such as the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup, NCAA Football, the Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year Award, the NACDA Daily Review, the stadium and arena security management workshops and the Wounded Warrior Project are examples of those value added membership benefits.

In an effort to expand upon NACDA's mission and educational philosophy, 11 professional associations have been created and managed since 1992, each representing a specific business unit reporting directly to the director of athletics. The intercollegiate associations representing intercollegiate marketing, licensing, development, compliance, business managers, facility/event managers, have flourished under NACDA's management. In addition, individual athletics directors associations falling under the NACDA's umbrella include the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Division I-AAA and Division II. Lastly, the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) and the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA) complete NACDA's association management program that can be directly attributed to an increase of 3,000 new members since 1992.

"Bob has been an integral part of our Association's growth over the course of the past 17 years both internally and externally," stated NACDA Executive Director Mike Cleary. "He's done an outstanding job of increasing our sponsorship opportunities, while continuing to implement NACDA's mission to educate athletics administrators."

Prior to joining NACDA, Vecchione served for two years as an assistant athletics director/media relations for the men's department at the University of Minnesota, where he was also the executive director of the 1992 Twin Cities Final Four Organizing Committee. He also had an 11-year career at National Car Rental and, during that time span, became one of the original NCAA corporate partners.

Vecchione attended Missouri Western State University on a baseball scholarship and recently was recognized by the University as a Silver Anniversary Award Recipient.

About NACDA: NACDA, now in its 44th year, is the professional and educational association for more than 6,500 college athletics administrators at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. More than 2,300 athletics administrators annually attend the NACDA Convention. Additionally, NACDA administers 11 professional associations that come under the umbrella of the Athletics Director. For more information, visit www.nacda.com.