Background
The Under Armour AD of the Year Award recognizes administrative excellence within the campus and/or college community environment. It is for NACDA members in the U.S. and around the world and is presented for significant contributions made by a director of athletics at their institution in their respective region. This award is presented annually in NCAA Divisions FBS, FCS, Divisions I, II and III, NAIA/other four-year institutions and junior/ community colleges. Winners will be presented with their awards during the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon at NACDA's 44th Annual Convention. There will be 29 winners, four per division in the U.S. regions and one cross-divisional winner in the International region. Athletics directors may win the award only once in three years.
Regional Breakdowns
Eligibility and Criteria
All directors of athletics, provided they meet the following criteria and are nominated by a NACDA-member director of athletics, college or university president or conference commissioner, are eligible. The nominee must:
Be a NACDA member.
Have served as an athletics director for a minimum of five (5) consecutive academic years (July 1-June 30).
Be employed in a full-time capacity as the director of athletics (not as an associate, assistant or senior woman administrator) at the institution listed at the time of nomination.
Demonstrate a commitment to higher education and student-athletes.
Demonstrate continuous teamwork, loyalty and excellence.
Demonstrate a commitment to continuing education for the athletics administrative staff.
Demonstrate the ability to inspire individuals or groups to high levels of accomplishment.
Demonstrate leadership and/or significant outreach for the betterment of youth and/or the local community.
Show leadership on the regional and/or national levels through serving on (1) NACDA committees; (2) NCAA, NAIA or junior/community college committees; (3) other athletics committees (NACWAA, USOC, AAU, etc.).
Have received previous awards for administrative excellence.
If a nominated athletics director's institution is on probation, he/she is not eligible for the ADOY award until the institution is removed from the appropriate governing bodies' probation. Any director of athletics who meets all other criteria for the award and who has inherited a program currently on probation or is under review for probation (or lack of institutional control), is eligible to receive the award as long as no other significant violations have occurred since his/her arrival that contribute(d) to the aforementioned.
Nominations
Nominators may nominate one person per region in each division and one International candidate.
Nominations must be in the NACDA office, not postmarked, by Monday, January 19, 2009. Forms may be e-mailed, mailed, sent overnight or faxed, but should only be submitted once, to:
e-mail: Katie Newman
Address
AD of the Year Nomination
24651 Detroit Road
Westlake, OH 44145
440-892-4000
Fax: 440-892-4007
For questions, please contact Katie Newman in the NACDA office at 440-892-4000.
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