On Thursday, the ACC announced that it has launched a search for its next commissioner. Current commissioner John Swofford announced his pending retirement in June. The conference’s board of directors will direct what will be a national search in hopes of having Swofford’s successor in place by next summer.
Heading the search advisory committee will be the Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame’s president, and Wake Forest president Nathan Hatch. The committee will collect feedback and information from its schools. A variety of representatives from within the conference will serve on the committee.
Obviously, Jenkins will be impartial in helping Hatch head this committee. After all, this new commissioner will be beneficial to all conference members and not only Notre Dame. At the same time, Jenkins will need to find a leader that will be easy to work with should his university undergo some sort of seismic change, say, become a full-time ACC member for football. Best of luck to him as he assists with this decision.