The Boise State Pipeline Continues...

[Bill Orange]

http://cuse.com/news/2015/8/12/GEN_0812155759.aspx

 

[CuseLegacy]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – John Cunningham is joining the Syracuse University Athletics Department staff as deputy athletics director for administration. An experienced collegiate athletics administrator, Cunningham most recently worked at Boise State University as the senior associate athletics director for external relations and executive director for NCAA Compliance. In his role as Boise's executive director for NCAA compliance, Cunningham was responsible for managing BSU's compliance efforts during a probationary period with the NCAA. Cunningham will work closely with current deputy athletics directors Herman Frazier and Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick on director of athletics Mark Coyle's senior staff.

"John's strong background in NCAA compliance and athletics administration will enhance our department," Coyle said. "He has a broad-based experience in rules education from three different institutions which provides valuable perspective. John is a dynamic athletics administrator who will be a great addition to our team. We are thrilled to have John, his wife, Caitlin, and their sons, Gus and Hank, become part of the Syracuse family."

At Boise State, Cunningham was promoted to senior associate athletics director for external relations in 2014 after having led the NCAA Compliance program for three years. As the head of external relations, Cunningham led the operations of Boise State's development, marketing, media relations and ticket offices. He was also the sport administrator for men's basketball, men's and women's golf, and men's tennis.

Prior to his appointment at BSU, Cunningham worked at Texas Christian University for five years in the compliance field. He was hired by the Horned Frogs in 2006 as the assistant director of compliance and followed up a year later with a promotion to director of compliance. In 2011 he was promoted again to assistant athletics director for compliance. In that position, he was responsible for a comprehensive rules education program and provided rules interpretations for athletics staff, coaches, student-athletes and university officials.

Cunningham started his career in collegiate athletics as the compliance coordinator at the University of Maryland, where he was responsible for providing rules interpretations, tracking initial, and continuing and transfer eligibility of more than 700 student-athletes. While in law school, he was a compliance intern at Maryland for two summers.

A 2001 TCU graduate, Cunningham received a law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2005 and is a member of the Texas Bar Association.
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[OrangeXtreme]

Do we refer him as Mr C?

 

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[rrlbees]

Between Cunningham and Keenan-Kirkatrick it seems like we are real serious about compliance.

 

[Crusty]

Between Cunningham and Keenan-Kirkatrick it seems like we are real serious about compliance.

Yikes! How would you like to have those initials (KKK)?

 

[Bill Orange]

Between Cunningham and Keenan-Kirkatrick it seems like we are real serious about compliance.

Which leads me to believe that there will be a cleaning out of the current compliance staff.

 

[retro44]

Which leads me to believe that there will be a cleaning out of the current compliance staff.

We had one?

 

[orange79]

Not that I wish him ill, but

 

[rocklloyd]

They're all lawyers.

 

[Scooch]

Between Cunningham and Keenan-Kirkatrick it seems like we are real serious about compliance.

How refreshing.

 

[Whitey23]

That explains the possible Wisconsin game, right?

 

[SUFan44]

Between Cunningham and Keenan-Kirkatrick it seems like we are real serious about compliance.

As with any athletic department, we are trying to dot our I's and cross our T's.

Gross was a marketing guy, whereas Coyle is more about structure.

The shift makes sense.