2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference

SEC COMMISSioner
Mike Slive
SEC Mission Statement
The SEC’s mission statement reflects the priorities of the league. “The purpose of the
Southeastern Conference is to assist its member institutions in the maintance of programs of
intercollegiate athletics which are compatible with the highest standards of education and
competitive sports.”
From his early days as an athletic administrator
to his current post as commissioner,
Mike Slive has maintained an integral
role in the ever-changing world of intercollegiate
athletics. He was named the seventh
commissioner of the Southeastern Conference on
July 2, 2002. In March 2009, the SEC Presidents
and Chancellors announced a contract extension
for Slive through July 31, 2012.
“Commissioner Slive has been an absolutely
great addition to our conference,” said University
of Kentucky and Southeastern Conference President
Dr. Lee T. Todd. “He is providing great vision
and directing the SEC to a new prominence in college
athletics. I am thrilled we have locked him in
to lead our conference for years to come.”
This academic year, the SEC will begin its
landmark 15-year agreements with CBS and
ESPN that will make the league the most widely
distributed conference on television in the nation.
These arrangements will also secure the financial
health of the SEC and its member institutions for
years to come.
Since Slive’s arrival at the SEC in 2002, he
has developed initiatives designed to maintain
and improve the SEC’s position as one of the top
intercollegiate athletic conferences in the nation,
both on and off the fields of play. These include:
• The SEC Task Force on Compliance and Enforcement
issued its first report at the 2004
SEC Spring Meetings. The task force developed
policies and procedures to assist league
schools in NCAA and SEC compliance and enforcement
matters.
• The SEC Academic Consortium was created in
2005 to increase academic cooperation across
the league by linking the resources of the 12
member institutions.
• The SEC has created a partnership with The
Center for the Study of Sport in Society at
Northeastern University to implement the
Mentors in Violence Prevention Program at
each of the 12 member institutions.
• The SEC annually distributes a database
of names and biographies of every minority
head and assistant football coach on the
Division I level to every one of its schools and
every conference in Division I.
• The SEC has initiated policies and procedures
designed to foster sportsmanship and preventing
inappropriate fan behavior.
• In the fall of 2012, the Southeastern Conference
expanded to 14 institutions, with Texas A&M
and Missouri joining the league. It was the
first time since July 1991 that the conference
has taken in new schools. Texas A&M and Missouri
give the SEC strong academic and athletic
schools, with both being members of the Association
of American Universities (AAU).
“I am gratified that the Presidents and Chancellors
have extended my contract and I am
honored to serve as the Commissioner of the
Southeastern Conference,” said Slive. “We have
accomplished many of our goals since my arrival
in 2002 and there will be new challenges and goals
to meet in the future. I look forward to these challenges
as we continue to make the SEC one of the
nation’s top intercollegiate athletic conferences.”
Athletic Administration Experience
1968-69 . ............ Assistant Director of Athletics
Dartmouth College
1979-81 . ..............Assistant Executive Director
Pacific-10 Conference
1981-83 . ................... Director of Athletics
Cornell University
1991-95 . .......................Commissioner
Great Midwest Conference
1995-2002 . .....................Commissioner
Conference USA
2002- . .........................Commissioner
Southeastern Conference
Legal Experience
1969-77 . .............................Partner
Stebbins & Bradley, Hanover, N.H.
1972-77 . .....Judge of Hanover (N.H.) District Court
1977-79 . ..Judicial Master & Clerk of Grafton County
(N.H.) Superior Court
1983-86 . ............................Founder
Law Offices of Michael L. Slive, Hanover, N.H.
1986-91 . .............................Partner
Coffield Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, Ill.
1990-91 . .............Senior Partner and Founder
Slive-Glazier Sports Group,
Chicago, Ill. & Kansas City, Mo.
Membership on Boards and Committees
Commission on Athletic Opportunity (Reviewing Title IX)
(Appointed by President Bush on 6/28/02)
NCAA Management Council [1997-2004]
NCAA Management Council Subcommittee to Review
Automatic Qualification
NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee (Chair)
[1993-2002]
NCAA Football USA (Chair, Board of Directors)
[1998-2003]
NCAA Division I Working Group to Study Basketball
Issues [1998-99]
National Letter of Intent Steering Committee (Chair)
[2002-08]
Collegiate Commissioners Association (President)
[2001-03]
Division I-A Commissionrs (Chair) [1999-2001]
Sports Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
[1997-2001]
Board of Advisors / Marquette Sports Law Institute
[1999-present)
Bowl Championship Series Coordinator (2006-08)
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee
(2004-09); Chair (2008-09)
Education
Dartmouth College (‘62) BA
University of Virginia Law School (‘65) Juris Doctor
Georgetown University Law Center (‘66) LLM
Family
Wife. ...............................Elizabeth
Daughter ...............................Anna
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