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Wake Forest Vice President & Director of Athletics John Currie Appointed to NCAA Division I Council
7/22/2024 9:38:00 AM | General
Currie’s service as a member of the Division I Council adds to a lengthy list of Demon Deacon coaches and staff members in leadership roles with the ACC and NCAA.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest University Vice President & Director of Athletics John Currie was recently selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference's representative on the NCAA Division I Council. Currie's term on the Council will continue through June 2028.
The Council is the high-level group responsible for the NCAA Division I's major day-to-day issues and long-term decision-making which reports to the NCAA Board of Directors. Its members include athletics directors, administrators, senior women administrators, faculty athletics representatives, and student-athletes. The Council oversees all NCAA Division I Committees, including the Football and Men's /Women's Basketball Oversight Committees.
"I am honored to be chosen by Commissioner Jim Phillips to represent the ACC on the NCAA Division I Council," Currie said. "Obviously we are in a time of disruptive change in college athletics and it's critical that we protect the essence of student-athlete experience and opportunity while facing realities which will require us to reshape our operating model. Going all the way back to former Wake Forest AD Jim Weaver serving as the ACC's first commissioner in 1953, we have a long history of Demon Deacon engagement in leadership of our conference and the NCAA, and I am grateful for the efforts of my colleagues in these endeavors."
In addition to Currie, Wake Forest coaches and staff currently serving on committees or leadership positions in the ACC and NCAA include:
Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 5 athletics in a top-growing metro market. A Charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Demon Deacons have won 56 conference titles and are one of only seven ACC schools to win 10 or more national championships, along with Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia, Duke, Syracuse and Florida State. Additionally, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which includes 1.3M residents and was ranked as ESPN's seventh-best market from a viewership perspective.
Wake Forest's comprehensive excellence includes its highly regarded school of medicine, business school, law school and an innovative department of engineering. Additionally, Wake Forest has campuses across Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Washington, DC – providing many academic offerings to students from across the nation and around the world.
Learn more about Wake Forest University at www.wfu.edu and at GoDeacs.com.
The Council is the high-level group responsible for the NCAA Division I's major day-to-day issues and long-term decision-making which reports to the NCAA Board of Directors. Its members include athletics directors, administrators, senior women administrators, faculty athletics representatives, and student-athletes. The Council oversees all NCAA Division I Committees, including the Football and Men's /Women's Basketball Oversight Committees.
"I am honored to be chosen by Commissioner Jim Phillips to represent the ACC on the NCAA Division I Council," Currie said. "Obviously we are in a time of disruptive change in college athletics and it's critical that we protect the essence of student-athlete experience and opportunity while facing realities which will require us to reshape our operating model. Going all the way back to former Wake Forest AD Jim Weaver serving as the ACC's first commissioner in 1953, we have a long history of Demon Deacon engagement in leadership of our conference and the NCAA, and I am grateful for the efforts of my colleagues in these endeavors."
In addition to Currie, Wake Forest coaches and staff currently serving on committees or leadership positions in the ACC and NCAA include:
- Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente:
- Vice-Chair of ACC Board of Directors
- Vice President & Director of Athletics John Currie:
- NCAA Division I Council
- Head Football Coach Dave Clawson:
- AFCA Board of Trustees
- Head Baseball Coach Tom Walter:
- ACC Baseball Technology Committee
- ACC Regional Advisory Committee
- Deputy AD Lindsey Babcock:
- ACC Men's Golf Committee
- Sr. Associate AD Ellie Shannon:
- NCAA Women's Golf Committee
- Sr. Associate AD Craig Zakrzewski:
- Chair, ACC Women's Soccer Committee
- Redshirt Junior Matthew Dennis – Football (Kicker):
- ACC Representative on NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 5 athletics in a top-growing metro market. A Charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Demon Deacons have won 56 conference titles and are one of only seven ACC schools to win 10 or more national championships, along with Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia, Duke, Syracuse and Florida State. Additionally, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which includes 1.3M residents and was ranked as ESPN's seventh-best market from a viewership perspective.
Wake Forest's comprehensive excellence includes its highly regarded school of medicine, business school, law school and an innovative department of engineering. Additionally, Wake Forest has campuses across Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Washington, DC – providing many academic offerings to students from across the nation and around the world.
Learn more about Wake Forest University at www.wfu.edu and at GoDeacs.com.
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