The current Southland commissioner should be the front runner if school familiarity count for anything.

Quote:Names are starting to trickle out for the WAC Commissioner search with Big Ten VP for Men's Basketball Boyages, Big 12 Executive Assoc. Commissioner for Football Stewart & AAC Assoc. Commissioner for Basketball Thornton all reportedly involved. CollegeAD cites there being four finalists with a decision timeline of "no later than next week."

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Prior to the below tweet from CollegeAD, this was the news we had: "Names are starting to trickle out for the WAC Commissioner search with Big Ten VP for Men's Basketball Boyages, Big 12 Executive Assoc. Commissioner for Football Stewart & AAC Assoc. Commissioner for Basketball Thornton all reportedly involved"

And here is your new Commissioner

I'm not sure what anyone saw in this clown, but I have pity on all the remaining members. This guy has practically no meaningful experience.

Someone was asleep at the wheel on this one. Shame too, because the conference still had a chance to survive.

DENVER – The Western Athletic Conference Board of Directors has announced Brian Thornton as the seventh commissioner in the 60-year history of the conference. Thornton replaces Jeff Hurd, who will be ending a 10-year run as commissioner and 37 years overall at the conference on December 31, 2021.

"I would like to start by thanking Jeff Hurd for his incredible 30-plus years of dedicated service to the WAC. He has always been there through the good and the challenging times," said Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller. "Brian is the perfect person to take the rebuilt WAC forward. His knowledge of NCAA athletics and his strong strategic view of the future is very impressive, and we all look forward to building a very bright future together."

Thornton joins the WAC following one year as associate commissioner for basketball at the American Athletic Conference. In that role, he served as the primary administrator for men's and women's basketball, including oversight of scheduling, officiating and game operations as well as compliance with NCAA governance.

"I would like to thank the Western Athletic Conference Board of Directors for the opportunity to lead this historic conference during this unprecedented time in collegiate athletics.," said Thornton. "While the WAC name is certainly a storied one, the current mix of institutions share a common bond as growth-focused with a strong desire to compete at the highest level while also providing an elite student-athlete experience."

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(11-02-2021 03:59 PM)Todor Wrote:  The current Southland commissioner should be the front runner if school familiarity count for anything.

Funny, I heard he is taking over for Judy in C-USA.