NCAA President Myles Brand Dies at 67
From the moment he made the move nine years ago this month, Myles Brand was destined to be remembered as the man who fired mercurial Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Knight.
But the former philosophy professor and Indiana University president went on to leave a far deeper imprint on college athletics, most notably overseeing a series of bold academic reforms as president of the NCAA. Under him, power of the more than 1,000-school association passed from athletics officials to university CEOs.
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Brand died Wednesday afternoon at age 67, ending a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer and an NCAA tenure that began in January 2003. “His focus on academic achievement propelled student-athletes to get an education where they otherwise might not have. That is his legacy,” said former Tulsa President Robert Lawless, who headed the committee that selected him. Read full story here
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SOURCE: USA Today
