Kenney Elected To NCAA DII Management Council

INDIANAPOLIS – Dan Kenney, who has served the University of North Carolina at Pembroke as athletic director since 1998, was among seven members elected in October to serve on the NCAA Division II Management Council, the organization recently announced. Kenney will begin service of his four-year term effective at the conclusion of the 2011 convention in mid-January.

The NCAA's legislative structure is broken down into cabinets and committees, consisting of various representatives of its member schools. These may be broken down further into sub-committees. Legislation is then passed on to the Management Council, which oversees all of the cabinets and committees, and also includes representatives from the schools, such as athletic directors and faculty advisors. Management Council legislation goes on to the Board of Directors, which consists of school presidents, for final approval.

The 19-member committee includes Division II chief executive officers, faculty athletics representatives, athletic directors, conference representatives and student-athletes and is one of the committees responsible for legislation and governance. The Management Council meets on a quarterly basis.

In addition to Kenney’s election, the Management Council elected six new members who will begin service at the conclusion of the 2011 Convention. They are:

•         Rick Cole, vice president of athletics, Dowling, representing the East Coast Conference (replacing Kathleen Brasfield of Angelo State), chair of council
•         Kris Dunbar, senior woman administrator, Lake Superior State, representing the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (replacing Tim Selgo of Grand Valley State).
•         Brent Wren, faculty athletics representative, Alabama-Huntsville, representing the Gulf South Conference (replacing Herb Reinhard of Valdosta State).
•         Jared Mosley, director of athletics, Abilene Christian, representing the Lone Star Conference (replacing Brasfield).
•         Steve Poston, director of athletics, Wingate, representing the South Atlantic Conference (replacing David Riggins of Mars Hill).
•         Janet Montgomery, senior woman administrator, West Alabama (replacing Suzanne Sanregret of Michigan Tech, at large).

The Presidents Council also re-elected Molloy President Drew Bogner to another one-year term as chair.

Since Kenney returned to UNCP in 1998 to replace the retiring Dr. Raymond B. Pennington, UNCP student-athletes have earned all-Peach Belt Conference accolades on 105 occasions, with 11 of those athletes being named the conference’s freshman of the year. Nationally, the Braves have been just as well represented, earning national academic honors 28 times, with another 48 making all-district or all-region listings.

Off the playing field, the Braves have earned presidential honor roll honors from the league an astounding 890 times since 1999, while also capturing four PBC Student-Athlete of the Year laurels.

During his current tenure, UNCP has also expanded its varsity athletic program to include three more sports as well. The women’s soccer team began play in the 2001 season, women’s golf teed off for the first time during the 2006-07 campaign and football made its return to southeastern North Carolina on Sept. 1, 2007, for the first time in 56 years when the Black and Gold traveled to Davidson.

An avid runner and an activist in the Robeson County community, Kenney is an active member of Kiwanis of Robeson County and Robeson Road Runners, as well as a former board member of the Communities In Schools and the Lumberton Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as a lecturer in UNCP’s HPER department and on the NCAA Nominating Committee. He was the 2006 recipient of the NACDA General Sports Turf southeast region athletic director of the year award.