Oliver Francis Luck

Luck joins the N.C.A.A. as it attempts to reinvent itself during a turbulent year. In November 2014, the N.C.A.A.'s chief operating officer, Jim Isch, resigned, and the N.C.A.A. president, Mark Emmert, restructured his senior staff, creating Luck’s position. Luck takes over the N.C.A.A.'s enforcement division after it has been heavily scrutinized during Emmert’s tenure, specifically for its handling of the Penn State child sexual abuse case and another high-profile case involving a Miami booster. Before serving as athletic director at West Virginia, Luck was the president and general manager of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo. A former quarterback for the Houston Oilers, Luck also served as president of N.F.L. Europe for four years. He has dabbled in politics, too, running an unsuccessful Congressional campaign in 1990. Luck will begin his new duties early next year in Indianapolis, where his son, Andrew, the quarterback of the Colts, already lives. The Rhodes Scholar finalist graduated Phi Beta Kappa from WVU in 1982. He also earned a law degree from Texas, graduating cum laude in 1987. In 1997, Luck was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2000, he was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame. He is married to the former Kathy Wilson. They have two sons and two daughters: Andrew, a former All-American quarterback and two-time Heisman Trophy finalist at Stanford and No. 1 overall pick of the 2012 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts; Mary Ellen, a standout volleyball player and graduate of Stanford; Emily, a current student at Stanford and Addison, who attends Morgantown High.