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+ The NCAA selects Massachusetts Governor Baker to succeed President Emmert in the role starting March 1, 2023. Baker, a former MBB student-athlete at Harvard, has served two terms as governor and is credited with bringing bipartisan leadership to the commonwealth. Baker: "The NCAA is confronting complex and significant challenges, but I am excited to get to work as the awesome opportunity college athletics provides to so many students is more than worth the challenge. And for the fans that faithfully fill stadiums, stands and gyms from coast to coast, I am eager to ensure the competitions we all love to follow are there for generations to come.” (link)

+ Here’s the full transcript from yesterday’s intro presser with new NCAA President Baker. Notably: “I think it’s worth doing. Yeah, it’s big and complicated, but so have been a lot of things I’ve done in my life. [...] I've always believed sports have tremendous power to bring people together. We are in a bit of a pivotal period for the NCAA. [...] I think the transfer portal is one element of a whole series of elements that needs to be part of the conversation going forward. [...] I’ve always just believed that sports have this tremendous power to bring people together. You just see it over and over again, the way in which athletics can transcend so many other divisions. I really do believe that we are at a bit of a pivotal period for the NCAA, and I really do think that the enthusiasm, the life and professional experiences I've had, the people I've gotten to know, the relationships I have can be a big part of helping all the folks involved in the NCAA, wherever they fit in that very significant organization, benefit from what we can put together going forward if we work together. [...] I think one of the things the job is, is it's an exercise in listening. My father always used to say to me that you will learn a lot more listening than you will talking. I think in my career, both in the public and private sector, one of the things I've done very well is listen. [...] For me, when people talk about the transitional period and the number of different things that are going on at this point in time, the question becomes how do you figure out a way to build a platform and get the support for that platform given where everybody sits and stands that can work going forward to serve the very different elements of the very large NCAA constituency, so that jewel, that opportunity that young people have to be part of a team, to learn about themselves and to build a foundation which in many cases will frame the rest of their lives can happen. That to me is the jewel.” (link)

Insights & Reactions:

+ Knight Commission CEO Perko via the AP’s Russo on a key challenge for Baker: “The NCAA receives zero dollars from the CFP, but it remains liable for the legal and health costs of FBS football. The explosion of revenues, just for FBS football, is at the heart of much of the controversy about the future of all of college sports.” (link)

+ SI’s Dellenger: “The NCAA targeted several former governors in the search. The organization wanted someone politically connected and got it.” (link)

+ The Athletic’s Auerbach: “This hire — and finalist pool — certainly signals the priorities of the NCAA's highest governing body right now. Success in other sectors a plus. Political experience key. The position goes to someone who had not previously worked in college sports (like recent P5 commish hires).” (link)

+ D1.ticker/Fox Sports’ Fischer: “Charlie Baker turns 67 next year and replaces a 69 year old retiring Mark Emmert. Does not portend to be a long term hire by the Board of Governors, but one chiefly focused on one issue only: getting that antitrust exemption.” (link)

+ The Athletic’s O’Neil: “This is the NCAA’s idea of out-of-the-box thinking. As transformations go, opting for a politician over a university president is like splitting the last hair on a bald man’s scalp. [...] He hits all of the W columns, and no, that’s not wins. He’s White, well-educated and wealthy, thanks to his job running a healthcare company. (He’s also about to get wealthier. His government job paid just $185,000; Emmert made $2.99 million.) [...] The NCAA chose him for one reason: not to transform the NCAA, but to protect it.” (link)

+ Extra Points purveyor Brown: “We're about to enter what should be an especially polarized legislative environment. Will Baker be able to make friends with lawmakers that he could afford to ignore while he was Governor? Could he replicate his governing coalition to ignore extremist types? Is such a thing even possible now? [...] It's still a complicated and quirky industry, but it's clear that the skill sets have shifted. Baker has a lot of experience in delegating and getting up to speed on new industries. How big of a deal will it be that he's never led a university or an athletic department before? Will he be swallowed up by the proverbial system, or will he have the 'juice' to push through any changes?” (link)

+ ESPN’s Thamel and Connelly on Baker’s position, with Thamel noting: “I think the first problem that Charlie Baker is going to have is you don't have control of football and football controls everything. … Also, Charlie Baker, welcome to your job, you have the single worst television contract in the history of college athletics – the NCAA basketball television contract which runs through 2032.” Connelly: “This job matters a lot and could matter and if Charlie Baker can come in and not just basically beg Congress to save all the things that NCAA is doing wrong, right now, if they're going to actually create a path moving forward … It would be amazing if the NCAA actually just sort of with whatever power it had actually stepped in and tried to provide leadership and a vision.” (link)

+ U.S. Representative Trahan (D-MA), a former Georgetown Volleyball student-athlete: “Governor Baker has been an extremely effective leader in Massachusetts, having steered our Commonwealth through some of the most difficult moments in recent history. The NCAA is at an inflection point where athletes and the millions of fans who root them on have largely lost faith in it as an organization. The association desperately needs a proven leader who personally understands the unique needs of the nearly 500,000 college athletes it serves and who is prepared to do what’s necessary to right the ship.” More from Sportico’s McCann & Caron. (link)

+ Interestingly, per Morning Consult, Baker is America’s most popular governor. (link)

Loras will add Women’s Wrestling as its 25th varsity sports in 2023-24, becoming the sixth member of the American Rivers Conference to do so. AD Udelhofen: “I look forward to expanding opportunities for women in the sport of wrestling. Women's wrestling has been on our radar for some time, however we want to make sure logistically we can be effective, and it is a positive experience right out of the gate when adding to an already robust athletic department.” (link)

Anderson announces Concordia (MI - NAIA) AC/alum Coddington as its next FB HC. Ravens AD Taylor: "He has prepared diligently and successfully for this position and, as an alum, brings an appreciation of our university and the football program. His faith, work ethic, genuine care for student-athletes on and off the field, relentless recruiting, and integrity earned him high praise from colleagues. Coach Coddington will care at the highest level about our alumni, our former players and every single group that is important to help us be successful. We look forward to working with him and all RAVENS in making his staff successful and helping our program achieve our goals." (link)

FootballScoop reports Northwood (DII) is hiring Albion FB HC Beurer to the same post. (link)

Rose-Hulman WBB HC Prevo has retired after 17 seasons. The Fightin' Engineers will begin their search for the next HC after the holidays as they will return to the court in 2023-24. (link)

It’s Personnel:

+ Administrative movement at Alvernia includes: Field Hockey HC/Assoc. AD/SWA Gingrich retiring from her admin duties, WLAX HC Corrigan assuming the Assoc. AD/SWA mantle and WBB HC Reber adding Asst. AD to her title. All three will retain their coaching duties. (link)

+ SUNY Morrisville WBB HC Rotchford has added Asst. AD for Student-Athlete Success to her duties. (link)

+ Fontbonne FAR Graves won NCAA Division III FAR of the Year. (link)

+ More administrative changes at Catholic, Goucher and McDaniel can be found on Collegiate Sports Connect. (link)

Coaching Wire:

+ Gettysburg names Johns Hopkins AC Vann as Men’s and Women’s Tennis HC, a position that has been elevated to full-time. (link)

+ Buena Vista removes the acting title from MSOC HC Resnick. (link)

+ St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) taps former Claremont-Mudd-Scripps AC Turner-Wyatt as WSOC HC. (link)

+ North Central (IL) removes the interim tag from Men’s XC HC/T&F AC Sinnott. (link)

+ Alma appoints Hiram VB AC Good as the Scots' new HC. (link)

+ TCNJ WSOC HC McDermott will not return after just one season, per The Trentonian. (link)

+ Elizabethtown M&W VB HC Hamilton will step down to become an AC at Millersville (DII). (link)

+ Johnson & Wales selects WLAX AC Patane as Interim HC. (link)

The New York Times highlights Colby-Sawyer, where, per Head of College Advancement Parish, “we’re bringing the published tuition much closer to reality,” in a look at the “tuition reset” being undertaken at small, private colleges. CSC President Stuebner, on slashing tuition next academic year from $46K to $17.5K: “I don’t want to call it a game, because it’s not a game. But this phenomenon in higher education of a high sticker price, high discount is so confusing to families. [...] The conversation nationally has really become, why is the price of college so high? How many families are we not in conversation with because they see the sticker price and say, ‘Not for me’?“ (link)

More Higher Ed:

+ NYU received a $100M eponymous gift toward the John A. Paulson Center, a 735K square-foot multipurpose building that will include new classrooms, a proscenium theater, rehearsal spaces, practice rooms, common areas, athletic facilities, a freshman dorm, dining areas and faculty housing. (link)

+ Wisconsin-Stevens Point has received a $10M gift from the Sentry Insurance Foundation, the largest in school history, to support the School of Business and Economics. (link)

+ Tufts evacuated three buildings following a bomb threat on Wednesday. (link)

+ Oberlin has paid out the complete $25M judgment in its libel lawsuit with local business owners the Gibsons. (link)

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