AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2016-17 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 .....................................................................................................................................68-71 Conference Championship Medical Policy ......................................................... 68-69 Conference Concussion Management Policy ...................................................... 69-71 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 2016-17 academic year by the staff of the Conference office, as directed by the Directors of Athletics. CONFERENCE OFFICE STAFF DIRECTORY 15 Park Row West, 3rd Floor 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 STAFF E-MAIL: @theamerican.org Commissioner ............................................................................................Michael L. Aresco ..................................... mlaresco@ Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration/SWA) ................................Donna DeMarco ...................................... ddemarco@ Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting) ...........................................Thomas R. Odjakjian ............................... todjakjian@ Chief Financial Officer ...............................................................................Eric Ziady ..................................................... eziady@ Associate Commissioner (Communications/External Relations) ....................Bernadette Cafarelli .................................. bcafarelli@ Associate Commissioner (Football) .............................................................Scott A. Draper. ........................................... sdraper@ Associate Commissioner (Governance & Compliance) ................................Ellen M. Ferris ................................................ eferris@ Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ...........................................Barbara M. Jacobs ....................................... bjacobs@ Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ................................................Nathan Pomeday .................................... npomeday@ Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships) ..............James A. Siedliski ....................................... jsiedliski@ Assistant Commissioner (Communications) .................................................Charles V. Sullivan ..................................... csullivan@ Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration & Championships) ...............Robert A. Weygand, Jr. ........................... bweygand@ Senior Director of Branding & Sport Administration ....................................Catherine W. Carmignani ......................ccarmignani@ Senior Director of Football Administration ..................................................Michael A. Costa ......................................... mcosta@ Senior Director of Compliance ...................................................................Andrea Dahly ............................................... adahly@ Senior Director of Communications & Digital Media ..................................William C. Potter ......................................... bpotter@ Director of Sport Administration & Championships .....................................Patrick B. Colbert ........................................ pcolbert@ Director of Broadcast Scheduling ................................................................Michael A. Coyne ....................................... mcoyne@ Director of Business Affairs .........................................................................Karen M. Giblin ............................................ kgiblin@ Director of Communications ......................................................................Chevonne M. Mansfield .......................... cmansfield@ Assistant Director of Digital Media & Reporter ............................................Hali Oughton ........................................... houghton@ Assistant Director of Digital Communications .............................................Gary R. Robinson..................................... grobinson@ Assistant to the Commissioner ....................................................................Lisa S. Zanecchia .................................... lzanecchia@ Executive Assistant for Administration.........................................................Lois A. DeBlois ........................................... ldeblois@ Administrative