Mark Emmert
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"Mark Allen Emmert" is the current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He is the fifth CEO of the NCAA; he was named as the incoming president on April 27, 2010 and assumed his duties on November 1, 2010.

Emmert was previously the 30th president of the University of Washington, his alma mater, taking office in June 2004, becoming the first alumnus in 48 years to lead the UW. He left Washington on October 1, 2010, having announced his departure for the NCAA Executive Directorship on April 27, 2010.

Before Emmert became president of the University of Washington, he was chancellor at Louisiana State University and held faculty and administration positions at the University of Connecticut, Montana State University - Bozeman/Montana State University, and University of Colorado at Boulder/University of Colorado.

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You cannot possibly predict where the next need is going to come from, ... Be as good as you can be in as many things as you can be good at because you just don't know.

(Willingham) would have to demonstrate to me (and the athletic director) that we would maintain an objective performance assessment and evaluation for pay increases.

We'd like to close the gap.

We have so many friends and associates we are close to. We've been talking to them throughout this, ... It's so surrealistic. At first, they lost cable TV access and were calling us to tell them what's going on in Louisiana.

Besides the obvious financial impacts, the real consequence to me is that it's caused morale problems for UW Medicine and the university overall, ... It's had a consequential impact on our image, and we need to turn that around.

Keith came into a difficult situation and worked hard to turn the program around, but obviously things went in a different direction. His relationship to this institution goes back many years and includes the glory days of Washington football. We are grateful for his years of service.