Oliver Luck
Oliver Luck | |||||||
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In office June 5, 2018 – April 10, 2020 | |||||||
Succeeded by | Dwayne Johnson | ||||||
11th Athletic Director of West Virginia University | |||||||
In office August 20, 2010 – December 17, 2014 | |||||||
Preceded by | Ed Pastilong | ||||||
Succeeded by | Shane Lyons | ||||||
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Born | Oliver Francis Luck April 5, 1960 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||
Political party | Republican | ||||||
Spouse | Kathy Wilson | ||||||
Children | 4 including Andrew Luck | ||||||
Residence | Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||
Alma mater | West Virginia University (B.A.) University of Texas (J.D.) | ||||||
American football career |
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Position: | Cleveland, Ohio) | ||||||
College: | West Virginia | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1982 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44 | ||||||
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Oliver Francis Luck (born April 5, 1960) is an American business executive and former professional
He is the father of former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.
Football career
Collegiate career
Luck attended
In his junior season of 1980, Luck earned first-team Academic All-American honors. Luck's 19 touchdown passes was a school record, while he also added 1,874 yards. As a senior in 1981, he led the Mountaineers to the Peach Bowl where they defeated the Florida Gators by a score of 26–6. Also named Academic All-American for the second consecutive season, Luck threw for a school record 216 completions and 394 attempts to add to his 2,448 yards and 16 touchdowns. He added career-highs 360 passing yards and a school-record 34 completions in a loss to Syracuse that season.
Luck, who was a three-year starter, ended his career with school records of 43 career touchdown passes, 466 completions, and 911 pass attempts. His 5,765 career passing yards currently ranks fourth on the all-time school list. Luck still ranks in the top ten in nearly every career passing category.
Luck was a finalist to be a
Professional career
Luck was the 44th overall selection in the
In 1984, the Oilers signed Canadian Football League star Warren Moon. Luck played as Moon's back-up for the majority of the season. He completed 22 of 36 pass attempts for 256 yards, two of which were touchdown passes, with one interception. Luck also had some success running the ball, with 10 carries for 75 yards and one touchdown.[4]
In 1985 and 1986, Luck continued to play back-up to Moon. He threw 100 passes in 1985, completing 56 of them with two touchdowns and two interceptions. In 1986, Luck's final season in the NFL, he completed 31 of 60 passes for 341 yards with one touchdown and five interceptions.[4]
Post-football career
After retiring from pro football, Luck earned a
In 1991, he became
In 2001 Luck was sworn in as Chief Executive Officer of the Houston Sports Authority. In this role he oversaw the operations of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, the governmental entity created in 1997 to provide the financing, construction and management oversight of the three large sports and entertainment venues in Houston: Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros), Reliant Stadium, (home of the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo), and the new Downtown multi-purpose arena (home of the Houston Rockets and Comets).[citation needed]
Prior to joining the Sports Authority, Luck was a top-ranking executive with the National Football League for more than ten years, where he served as Vice President of Business Development and President and CEO of NFL Europe. In 2005, he was named president of the
On June 27, 2008, Luck was appointed by
During Luck's tenure the WVU athletic program made significant changes, including:
As of October 12, 2012, WVU amended Luck's employment agreement, extending his contract through 2017.[22]
On October 14, 2013, Luck was one of 13 members unanimously chosen by the College Football Playoff Management Committee[23] to select the four teams to compete in the first College Football Playoff which was to be held in 2015.
On December 17, 2014, the NCAA announced that Luck would take a newly created post as executive vice president for regulatory affairs. Luck is in charge of all national office regulatory functions, including academics, membership, eligibility, and enforcement. The position had been created by current NCAA president Mark Emmert as part of a major restructuring of his senior staff.[24] Notably, the NCAA offices are in Indianapolis, where Andrew played at the time.[25][26]
On June 5, 2018, the XFL announced that Luck would be the league's Commissioner and CEO.
Luck was named on January 5, 2023 as the executive director (de facto commissioner) of the newly formed
Personal life
Luck is married to the former Kathy Wilson, with whom he has four children:
In addition to his professional pursuits, Luck was actively involved as a coach for youth sports.
References
- ^ a b McFarland, Shawn (April 15, 2020). "XFL discontinues operations in Stamford, lays off 95 employees amid coronavirus pandemic". courant.com. Hartford Courant. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ "Capital One Academic All-America Hall of Fame Inductees". College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ "National Football League: NFL Draft History". Nfl.com. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Oliver Luck NFL & AFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. April 5, 1960. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ "1983 Houston Oilers Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ Houston Dynamo. Archived from the originalon January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ http://assets.slate.wvu.edu/resources/330/1228403404.pdf Archived January 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "PAGE NOT AVAILABLE". mms.stparchive.com.
- ^ Hickman,Dave, "Luck learned much from run for Congress", West Virginia Gazette, June 14, 2010. [1]
- ^ Houston's new stadium "proud" moment for Luck, Canetti | Houston Dynamo
- ^ "Oliver Luck says he's staying as WVU AD, squashing talk he might be interested in Stanford job". The Washington Post. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019.
- ^ "WVU settles suit, to join Big 12 in July". ESPN.com. February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Stewart out, Holgorsen in at WVU". The Charleston Gazette. June 10, 2011. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012.
- ^ "Van Zant Fired". West Virginia MetroNews Network. May 19, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness? A New Marketplace Podcast - Freakonomics". September 6, 2012.
- ^ "WVU Athletics Staff Directory - WVU Athletics". Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^ "WVU accused of five major football violations". ESPN.com. August 5, 2010.
- ^ "WVU's IMG media rights deal includes $5M signing bonus". Associated Press. July 25, 2013.
- ^ "West Virginia men's golf to return in 2015-16". Golfweek. July 1, 2013.
- ^ "Gold and Blue Nation". September 8, 2023.
- ^ Ratcliff, Summer (September 6, 2023). "County breaks ground for ballpark".
- ^ Fragale, Michael. "Luck's Employment Agreement Extended". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ^ "College Football Playoff". Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Tracy, Marc (January 16, 2015). "Oliver Luck, N.C.A.A.'s Newest Employee, Brings Interdisciplinary Expertise". The New York Times.
- ^ "Oliver Luck joins NCAA". ESPN.com. December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Oliver Luck selected as new regulatory executive vice president" (Press release). NCAA. December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "XFL.com - Official home of the XFL". www.xfl.com.
- ^ a b Nelson, Mark (July 9, 2020). "XFL President Jeffrey Pollack: Hopefully we'll be headed to a relaunch at the right time". xflboard.com. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ "Sources: XFL staff laid off, no plans for 2021". ESPN.com. April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Williams, Charean (May 13, 2020). "Vince McMahon lists reasons for Oliver Luck's firing from XFL in court filing". Profootballtalk.com. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Florio, Mike (April 21, 2020). "Oliver Luck sues Vince McMahon". Profootballtalk.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ "ASUN-WAC Football Names Executive Director and New Conference Structure" (Press release). ASUN Conference. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "2012 NFL draft Big Board". ESPN.com. March 21, 2012.
- ^ "2012 Top NFL Draft Prospects". CBSSports.com.
- ^ "Hot 100: Top prospects hold steady heading to combine". NFL.com.
- ^ "Mid-March position rankings for 2012 NFL Draft". NFL.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference ·