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Commisioner Mike Slive's Personal Profile

  • Full Name: Michael Lawrence Slive
  • Born: July 26, 1940
  • Hometown: Utica, N.Y.
  • Family: Wife: Elizabeth
  • Daughter: Anna

Education

  • Undergraduate: Dartmouth College - B.A., 1962
  • Graduate: University of Virginia - JD, 1965
  • Georgetown University - LLM, 1966
  • E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship in Trial Advocacy

Athletic Administration Experience

  • 1968-1969 Assistant Director of Athletics, Dartmouth College
  • 1979-1981 Assistant Executive Director, Pacific-10 Conference
  • 1981-1983 Director of Athletics, Cornell University
  • 1991-1995 Commissioner, Great Midwest Conference
  • 1995-2002 Commissioner, Conference USA
  • 2002- Commissioner, Southeastern Conference

Legal Experience

  • 1969-77 Partner, Stebbins & Bradley, Hanover, N.H.
  • 1972-77 Judge of Hanover (N.H.) District Court
  • 1977-79 Judicial Master & Clerk of Grafton County (N.H.) Superior Court
  • 1983-86 Founder, Law Offices of Michael L. Slive, Hanover, N.H.
  • 1986-91 Partner, Coffield Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, Ill.
  • 1990-91 Senior Partner and Founder, Slive-Glazier Sports Group, Chicago, Ill. & Kansas City, Mo.

Membership on Boards and Committees

  • NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee (Chair) [1993-02]
  • National Letter of Intent Appeals Committee (Chair) [1993-02]
  • Sports Lawyers Association (Board of Directors) [1997-2001]
  • Commission on Athletic Opportunity (Reviewing Title IX)
  • NCAA Management Council [1997-04]
  • NCAA Football USA (Chair, Board of Directors) [1998- 03]
  • NCAA Division I Working Group to Study Basketball Issues [1998-99]
  • Division I-A Commissioners (Chair) [1999-2001]
  • Board of Advisors of Marquette Sports Law Institute [1999- ]
  • Collegiate Commissioners Association (President) [2001-03]
  • National Letter of Intent Steering Committee [2002-]
  • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee [2004- ]
  • Bowl Championship Series Coordinator [2006-]
  • Division I Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group [2007- ]