Wood named to committee
RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech VP and Director of Athletics Eric Wood has been appointed to the Division I NCAA Football Oversight Committee.
Wood's tenure begins immediately and will run through June of 2022. He will serve as the Conference USA representative on the committee, taking over for former Marshall AD Mike Hamrick.
The 22-year veteran of collegiate athletic administration was the first minority Director of Athletics in Louisiana Tech history and the first African-American Vice President in university history.
After being named to his current position at Louisiana Tech last October, Wood helped guide the University's athletic program through a challenging year in college athletics. Despite those challenges, Louisiana Tech saw plenty of team and individual success stories on and off the playing fields.
Louisiana Tech football participated in its seventh straight bowl game, Bulldog basketball won the Conference USA West Division title and advanced to the NIT Final Four, Lady Techster bowling earned its highest program ranking ever and a national seed in the NCAA Championships, and Bulldog baseball captured the Conference USA West Division title and hosted
its first-ever NCAA Regional.
Off the field, Louisiana Tech saw athletic departments single year records set in most CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees (almost doubling its previous mark), and the highest percentage of its student-athletes named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Louisiana Tech athletics also saw records set in baseball and softball season ticket sales as well as tremendous growth within LTAC and philanthropic giving.
“It's an honor for me to represent Louisiana Tech and Conference USA on the NCAA Football Oversight Committee,” said Wood. “Although college football has a tradition-rich history that spans in excess of one hundred years, the game is ever evolving. I think we are at an important juncture in college athletics history, and I look forward to working alongside my colleagues and other leadership within the NCAA to help determine the direction of college football.”