Texas Tech University Athletics
Tuberville Named to AFCA Board of Trustees
March 10, 2010 | Football
March 10, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas - Tommy Tuberville was named to the American Football Coaches Association's Board of Trustees this week, a position he held during the 2005-08 seasons. He joins Louisiana-Monroe's Todd Berry, Fresno State's Pat Hill and Rice's David Bailiff as additions to the Board.
The quartet joins a group of distinguished head coaches who guide the organization. The Board formulates policy and provides direction for the AFCA, which was founded in 1922 by Amos Alonzo Stagg, John Heisman and others. The AFCA has more than 11,000 members from all levels of the profession.
The 2010 AFCA Board of Trustees includes president Larry Kehres of Mount Union College; first vice-president Rob Ash of Montana State University; second vice-president Tim Murphy of Harvard University and third vice-president Rich Rodriguez of the University of Michigan.
Also serving on the Board in 2010: Mike Welch, Ithaca College; Jim Tressel, Ohio State University; Mack Brown, University of Texas; Lee Owens, Ashland University; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest University; Bill Cronin, Georgetown College (Ky.); Lou Tepper, Indiana University (Pa.); Frank Solich, Ohio University; Randy Edsall, University of Connecticut; Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt University; Turner Gill, University of Kansas; Mike Riley, Oregon State University; Gary Patterson, TCU and Bobby Kennedy, University of Texas. Kennedy is an ex officio member of the Board and the chairman of the AFCA Assistant Coaches' Committee. AFCA Executive Director Grant Teaff serves as secretary-treasurer of the organization.
Tuberville was previously a member of the Board from 2005-2008 while at Auburn University. Berry, who will represent the Sun Belt Conference, served on the Board from 2001-2003 while at the U.S. Military Academy. Hill and Bailiff are both serving on the Board for the first time and will represent the Western Athletic Conference and Conference USA respectively.
The AFCA was founded in 1922 and currently has more than 11,000 members around the world, ranging from the high school level to the professional ranks. According to its constitution, the AFCA was formed, in part, to "maintain the highest possible standards in football and the coaching profession" and to "provide a forum for the discussion and study of all matters pertaining to football and coaching."
