Mike Cleary, Executive Director, NACDA
Mike Cleary is the only executive director in the history of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He was named to the post in 1965. He has led the Association longer than any other current Division I conference commissioner or national association or coaching organization executive director.
Additionally, he is the president and primary fund administrator for the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation. Under Cleary, NACDA has risen from a 300member organization to one whose membership currently numbers more than 6,100 athletics administrators and more than 1,600 institutions and/or organizations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Cleary oversees the professional and educational services NACDA provides to its membership. These include the Annual Convention, which attracts more than 2,000 administrators a year; Facilities Workshop and Security Summit; NACDA Foundation; the magazine, Athletics Administration; The Daily Review, a daily web clip service; and the Web site (www.nacda.com). Additionally, NACDA administers 11 professional associations for the separate business units that report directly to the athletics director.
