Warriors 1-on-1: NACC Commissioner Jeff Ligney

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - As intercollegiate athletics continues to churn through the headlines and evolve at a pace not seen before, being a conference commissioner presents a set of challenges that very few in that seat have had to face. Since 2020 Jeff Ligney has been commissioner of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) and as he now works into his seventh season with the league, he sits down with Scott Warras in this edition of "Warriors 1-on-1". Ligney details his own journey that took him from athlete to coach to adminstrator and how an injury altered his career path. While learning lessons through it all, he explains how he has found to best serve as many constituencies as he does being a conference commissioner. Though Ligney will admit, there is no more important constituency in the NACC than the student-athletes themselves. In this tumultuous era of college athletics, he also reflects on how much trickle-down is felt at the Division III level and how the NACC may evolve (i.e. expansion) in the years to come. Plus, Commissioner Ligney shares his preference in the parity vs. perennial power debate, the biggest misconception people have about his title, and the one athlete he most admired growing up. All that and more in this episode of "Warriors 1-on-1" featuring NACC Commissioner Jeff Ligney.

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