NOTRE DAME ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR (Odds)

Bernard Muir, an eight-year staff member at the NCAA, and most recently, the director of the Division I NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, is in his third year at Notre Dame as the associate athletic director for student-athlete welfare and development. Muir oversees the Student Development Program, as well as the Student-Athlete Advisory Council. He also is the liaison with First Year of Studies, Student Affairs, Admissions and special/talented students. In addition, Muir is involved with off-campus issues, as well as student-athlete conduct. He has administrative responsibilities in fencing and men's tennis and assists Kevin White in that capacity for football.

Was working at Notre Dame when former KU assistant coach Matt Doherty was hired as head men's basketball coach. ... Wife, Liz, was an assistant volleyball coach at KU for three seasons.

Muir joined the NCAA staff in December 1992 as assistant director of the Division I Men's Basketball Championship and was promoted to director in August 1998. While in that position, he administered all policies and procedures relating to tickets for the championship, administering the men's and women's basketball officiating programs, monitored the actions of other select committees within the NCAA governance structure as it pertained to the work of the Division I Men's Basketball Committee, and served as the primary liaison to institutions participating in the Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Before joining the NCAA, Muir briefly worked as an academic affairs and compliance assistant at Auburn University and as event director for Streetball Partners International in 1992. He also gained administrative experience at Brown, Butler and Ohio Universities as well as with the Atlanta Falcons.

Another minority candidate, but may not have the professional experience of working as a full-time AD that's probably desired by KU's search committee.

A 1990 graduate of Brown University with a bachelor's degree in organizational behavior and management, the Gainesville, Fla., native was a four-year letterwinner and co-captain of the Bears' basketball team. Muir was awarded the J. Richmond Fales Trophy presented to a member of the team for the vast contributions he made to his team and also earned the L. Stanley Ward Quiet Man Award. In addition, he served as Senior Class Marshall at the '90 Brown commencement exercises.

Muir, the recipient of an NCAA Ethnic Minority Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics, attended Ohio University and earned a master's in sports administration and facility management in 1992. During the 1991-92 school year, he served as class president.

Born July 22, 1968, he and his wife, Liz, a former NCAA membership services representative and now the director of equipment operations at Notre Dame, have one daughter, Libby.

—Courtesy of Notre Dame Sports Information.