COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD 3.2.11 (CS-M12):

The institution’s chief executive officer has ultimate responsibility for, and exercises appropriate administrative and fiscal control over, the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program.

Comments:

The institution indicates compliance with this standard. This assertion is supported by the indication that the chief executive officer signs athletic compliance documents and athletic scholarship forms. The institution indicates that the college president has assigned this function to the Central Park Campus Provost; however, the Organizational Chart provided indicates that the athletic director reports to the Provost by “dotted line”. Further, the president’s job description indicates that the athletic director reports to the president by “dotted line”.

Response:

The President of Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) holds overall organizational responsibility for directing the District’s intercollegiate athletics program and is the final signatory on all athletic reports, budgets, and scholarships. Daily supervision of the athletics program has been assigned to the Provost of the Central Park Campus through the Athletic Director portion of the Associate Dean of Mathematics and Natural Sciences/Athletics Director position.

The job descriptions and organizational charts for the President, Central Park Campus Provost, and the Athletic Director have all been reviewed, clarified as necessary to reflect correctly the reporting structure, and are attached for review (References 1,2,3). The Athletic Director portion of the Associate Dean of Mathematics/Natural Sciences/Athletic Director position reports to the Central Park Campus Provost (Reference 4). As noted on the President’s organizational chart, the Central Park Campus Provost reports directly to the President (Reference 5).

In 2003, athletic program eliminations involved significant organizational restructuring, and, at that time, the Associate Dean/Athletic Director position was given additional responsibilities and moved, as part of the Physical Education program, to report to the Dean of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Reference 6). The Athletic Director position continued to report to the Central Park Campus Provost. These dual reporting paths give the ultimate control of and responsibility for the District’s intercollegiate athletic programs to the President.

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