Championships & Sport Operations Director

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics is seeking a Director of Sport Administration and Championships based in Irving, Texas. The role focuses on policy interpretation, hosting championship events, and liaison duties with select Olympic Sports.

The candidate will lead on-site operations for championships, budgets, and schedules while ensuring NCAA and conference policies are followed. The ideal candidate has four to six years in sport administration or event operations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in athletic administration or a related field is required.
• Four to six years of experience in sport administration or event/team operations.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and time management skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.
• Extensive computer knowledge along with strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain punctual attendance and timely correspondence.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the conference liaison to select Olympic Sports under the supervision of the Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration and Championships.
• Administrate and provide on-site supervision for select Olympic Sport Conference Championships.
• Facilitate all elements of championship operations including host facility and hotel contract negotiations, officiating, medical, merchandising, ticket sales and awards.
• Produce select Olympic Sport policy manuals and provide regular analysis and interpretation for policies and procedures.
• Coordinate meeting agendas and process sport committee recommendations through the conference’s governance structure.
• Assist in the creation of select regular season conference schedules.
• Provide administrative and operational support to select official coordinators.
• Responsible for the preparation of select Olympic Sport budgets and the management of costs to meet projected estimates while ensuring quality championship experience is provided to the membership.
• Monitor current NCAA trends in Olympic Sports related to RPI, data analysis, potential changes to playing rules, championship date formulas and formats, and championship site specifications.
• Responsible for tracking end of the season standings and seeding scenarios and coordinating the distribution of regular season awards.
• Serve as part of the men’s and women’s basketball championship operations team.
• Work collaboratively with the conference’s communication and social media teams.
• Additional duties involving other conference programs and/or working with other conference constituent groups may be assigned.

Skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Time management

Written and verbal communications

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in athletic administration or related field

Job description

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics is seeking a Director of Sport Administration and Championships based in Irving, Texas. The role focuses on policy interpretation, hosting championship events, and liaison duties with select Olympic Sports.

The candidate will lead on-site operations for championships, budgets, and schedules while ensuring NCAA and conference policies are followed. The ideal candidate has four to six years in sport administration or event operations,