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Walker named interim OVC commissioner
Staff Report
Issue date: 4/10/09 Section: Sports
Brad Walker has been selected to serve as the Ohio Valley Conference's commissioner on an interim basis effective May 1. The announcement was made Thursday by Dr. Melvin Johnson, President of Tennessee State University and Chair of the OVC Board of Presidents.
"The Ohio Valley Conference is very fortunate to name Brad Walker as the interim OVC Commissioner," Johnson said in a release. "Brad brings depth, wisdom and experience to this position, having served as the chief operating officer since 2007. I am confident that he will do an exemplary job. I look forward to working with him as we carry out the mission of the OVC, placing emphasis on student-athlete scholarship, sportsmanship and collegiality."
Walker, who has served as associate commissioner/chief operating officer at the OVC since Nov. 2007, replaces Jon Steinbrecher, who resigned earlier this month to take the commissioner's job at the Mid-American Conference.
Walker's responsibilities at the OVC have included the day-to-day operations of the Conference office, including financial operations, as well as developing schedules and providing oversight for select sports, serving as a liaison with select officiating coordinators and coaching groups, overseeing bidding for and directing of NCAA championship events, assisting with the Conference television and web streaming properties and serving as the director of the men's and women's basketball tournament, among other things. Walker is a member of the Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet.
Walker joined the OVC after seven-plus years at the West Coast Conference (WCC). Walker previous worked at the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as the Summit League) and at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. He completed his degree in marketing at Bentley College (Waltham, Mass.) in May 1996. He was an all-conference basketball player at Bentley, serving as team captain his senior season.
The Milwaukee native is a 2004 graduate of the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males.
Walker will serve as interim commissioner until a permanent replacement is found. The Conference Board of Presidents will begin a national search for the replacement soon.
-Staff report
"The Ohio Valley Conference is very fortunate to name Brad Walker as the interim OVC Commissioner," Johnson said in a release. "Brad brings depth, wisdom and experience to this position, having served as the chief operating officer since 2007. I am confident that he will do an exemplary job. I look forward to working with him as we carry out the mission of the OVC, placing emphasis on student-athlete scholarship, sportsmanship and collegiality."
Walker, who has served as associate commissioner/chief operating officer at the OVC since Nov. 2007, replaces Jon Steinbrecher, who resigned earlier this month to take the commissioner's job at the Mid-American Conference.
Walker's responsibilities at the OVC have included the day-to-day operations of the Conference office, including financial operations, as well as developing schedules and providing oversight for select sports, serving as a liaison with select officiating coordinators and coaching groups, overseeing bidding for and directing of NCAA championship events, assisting with the Conference television and web streaming properties and serving as the director of the men's and women's basketball tournament, among other things. Walker is a member of the Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet.
Walker joined the OVC after seven-plus years at the West Coast Conference (WCC). Walker previous worked at the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as the Summit League) and at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. He completed his degree in marketing at Bentley College (Waltham, Mass.) in May 1996. He was an all-conference basketball player at Bentley, serving as team captain his senior season.
The Milwaukee native is a 2004 graduate of the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males.
Walker will serve as interim commissioner until a permanent replacement is found. The Conference Board of Presidents will begin a national search for the replacement soon.
-Staff report
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