AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2014-15 Policy

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2014-15 Policy Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS CONFERENCE STAFF DIRECTORY ............................................................................................................................................ 1 CONFERENCE OFFICE SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................................................ 2 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................................. 3 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE ...................................................................................................................................... 4-5 NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT DATES ..................................................................................................................................... 6 CONFERENCE SPONSORED SPORTS ........................................................................................................................................ 7 CONFERENCE SPORT & CHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPATION ..................................................................................................... 8 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS ............................................................................................................................... 9-20 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN COACHES ............................................................................................................................. 21-24 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES ............................................................................................................................................. 25-31 Conference Committees/Appointed Committees/Ex Officio Committees ............ 25-28 Sport and Championship Committees ................................................................ 29-30 Seeding Committees .............................................................................................. 30 Coaches Associations ............................................................................................. 31 CONFERENCE CODE OF SPORTSMANSHIP ...................................................................................................................... 32-35 CONFERENCE COMPLIANCE SERVICES (NCAA) ................................................................................................................ 36-46 NCAA GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................... 47-50 CONFERENCE GOVERNANCE ........................................................................................................................................... 51-54 GENERAL CONFERENCE POLICIES .................................................................................................................................... 55-64 CHAMPIONSHIP CONDUCT POLICIES ............................................................................................................................. 65-67 CONFERENCE MEDICAL POLICIES .................................................................................................................................... 68-69 OLYMPIC SPORTS REGULATIONS & POLICIES....................... Sport policies are available electronically at www.TheAmerican.org and the Members-Only area of the Conference website. Specific policies will be updated regularly and emailed to directors of athletics, senior woman administrators, coaches, sport administrators and committee members. FOOTBALL AND MEN'S/WOMEN’S BASKETBALL .................. Separate manuals will be created for Football and Men’s and Women’s Basketball and will be available electronically at the password protected Members-Only tab within the Conference website. Go to www.TheAmerican.org, click on ABOUT, then Members- Only This publication outlines the official policies of The American Athletic Conference. A copy of the Conference Constitution is filed with each member institution and is available in the Conference office upon request. The American Athletic Conference Policy Manual was produced for the 2014-15 academic year by the staff of the Conference office, as directed by the Directors of Athletics. CONFERENCE OFFICE STAFF DIRECTORY 15 Park Row West Providence, RI 02903-1115 www.TheAmerican.org Founded .......................................................... 1979 Reconstituted .................................................... 2013 Conference Sports Sponsored .................................................................................................................................. 21 NCAA Division Affiliation ..................................................................................................................................... FBS PHONE NUMBERS Switchboard ........................................................................................................................................ (401) 272-9108 Communications ................................................................................................................................. (401) 453-0660 FAX NUMBERS Main ................................................................................................................................................... (401) 274-5967 Commissioner ..................................................................................................................................... (401) 831-8060 Compliance ........................................................................................................................................ (401) 273-0424 Communications ................................................................................................................................. (401) 751-8540 STAFF E-MAIL: @theamerican.org Commissioner ............................................................................................Michael L. Aresco ..................................... mlaresco@ Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration/SWA) ................................Donna DeMarco ...................................... ddemarco@ Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) ................Thomas R. Odjakjian ............................... todjakjian@ Chief Financial Officer ...............................................................................Stacy Martin ................................................. smartin@ Associate Commissioner (Football) .............................................................Scott A. Draper. ........................................... sdraper@ Associate Commissioner (Governance & Compliance) ................................Ellen M. Ferris ................................................ eferris@ Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ...........................................Barbara Jacobs ............................................ bjacobs@ Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ................................................Dan Leibovitz .......................................... dleibovitz@ Associate Commissioner (Communications) ................................................Megan Morgan ......................................... mmorgan@ Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships) ..............James A. Siedliski ....................................... jsiedliski@ Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) ......................................................Mark A. Hodgkin ..................................... mhodgkin@ Assistant Commissioner (Communications) .................................................Charles V. Sullivan ..................................... csullivan@ Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships) ...............Robert A. Weygand, Jr. ........................... bweygand@ Senior Director of Compliance ...................................................................Andrea C. Smith ........................................... asmith@ Director of Football and Video Administration ............................................Michael A. Costa ......................................... mcosta@ Director of Business Affairs .........................................................................Karen M. Giblin ............................................ kgiblin@ Director of Communications ......................................................................Chevonne M. Mansfield .......................... cmansfield@ Assistant Director of Sport Administration & Championships .......................Patrick B. Colbert ........................................ pcolbert@ Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling .................................................Michael A. Coyne ....................................... mcoyne@ Assistant to the Commissioner ....................................................................Lisa S. Zanecchia .................................... lzanecchia@ Executive Assistant for Administration.........................................................Lois A. DeBlois ........................................... ldeblois@ Branding & Sport Administration Coordinator .............................................Catherine W. Carmignani ......................ccarmignani@ Digital Communications Coordinator .........................................................Jamie L. Corun .............................................. jcorun@ Administrative Assistant for Officiating .......................................................Wanda

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