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College Football Playoff

2023 College Football Playoff Selection Committee

Gene Taylor

Biography

Current Occupation:

  • Director of Athletics, Kansas State.

Career Highlights:

  • Deputy Athletics Director, Iowa (2014-2017). 
  • Director of Athletics, North Dakota State (2001-14). 
  • Named NACDA FCS Central Region Athletics Director of the Year in 2008 and 2012.
  • Also had stops at Navy as an administrative assistant, assistant ticket manager, ticket manager, assistant AD for tickets/operations, and an associate athletics director (1986-2001) and SMU as a ticket office assistant (1985-86).
  • His tenure at Navy included serving as commissioner of the five-team Collegiate Sprint Football League, comprised of Army, Navy, Penn, Princeton and Cornell.

Education:

  • Master’s degree in sports administration, St. Thomas University (Florida).
  • Bachelor’s degree, Arizona State.