Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has been selected to succeed Mark Emmert as the next president of the NCAA. Baker will begin his new role in March of 2023.
The NCAA has selected Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker as its next president, succeeding Mark Emmert.
Baker, a Republican who has been governor since January 2015 but will conclude his second term in January, will begin his new post March 1. He played power forward for Harvard’s basketball team during the 1977-78 season, but has no previous collegiate administrative experience. He has spent most of his career in Massachusetts state government but spent a decade in health care administration. Baker, 66, holds degrees from both Harvard and Northwestern.
In April, Emmert announced he would be stepping down. He has led the NCAA since November 2010 and in April 2021 had his contract extended through 2025. Emmert will remain in an advisory role until June.
„We are excited to welcome Governor Charlie Baker to the NCAA and eager for him to begin his work with our organization,“ Linda Livingstone, Baylor University president and chair of the NCAA Board of Governors, said in a statement.
