Keith Gill an American college sports administrator. He is the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, a collegiate athletic conference in the United States.[1] Gill is also the first African-American to serve as a commissioner an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conference.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Commissioner |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Duke |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1995–1999 | NCAA (membership services rep.) |
| 1999–2000 | Vanderbilt (assistant AD) |
| 2000–2004 | NCAA (director of membership services) |
| 2004–2007 | Oklahoma (senior associate AD) |
| 2007–2012 | American |
| 2012–2017 | Richmond |
| 2017–2019 | A-10 (executive associate commissioner) |
| 2019–present | Sun Belt (commissioner) |
Gill previously served as athletic director at the University of Richmond from 2012 to 2017,[2][3][4][5] as athletic director at American University from 2007 to 2012,[6] and as senior associate athletic director at the University of Oklahoma from 2004 to 2007. Gill attended college at Duke University, where he played running back on the Duke Blue Devils football team. Gill was named the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference on March 18, 2019.[7][8][9][10] Gill has also worked many other collegiate jobs, such as working as the NCAA membership services representative from 1995 to 1999 and again from 2004 to 2007 as the director of membership services, assistant athletic director at Vanderbilt University from 2000 to 2004, and as executive associate commissioner for the Atlantic 10 Conference from 2017 to 2019.
References
edit- ^ O’Connor, John (May 23, 2017). "Outgoing University of Richmond athletic director Keith Gill joining A-10 staff". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ O'Connor, John (November 6, 2012). "New AD a strong believer in academics". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ O'Connor, John (November 3, 2012). "New UR AD Gill assumes improved position". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ O'Connor, John (May 12, 2015). "UR's Gill recognized as an AD of the year". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ O'Connor, John (May 10, 2017). "University of Richmond AD Keith Gill resigns amid unrest". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Goff, Steven (March 22, 2007). "AU Selects Oklahoma's Gill to Be AD". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Joyce, Ethan (March 19, 2019). "The Sun Belt's Keith Gill on his new conference and being the first African-American FBS commissioner". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Wolken, Dan (March 18, 2019). "Sun Belt making history with hire of Keith Gill as conference commissioner". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Stephenson, Creg (March 18, 2019). "Sun Belt Conference names Keith Gill commissioner". The Birmingham News. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Kercheval, Ben (March 19, 2019). "Sun Belt hires Keith Gill as first African-American commissioner overseeing FBS conference". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
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