Florida State AD Wilcox leaving for executive role at NCAA

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Florida State athletic director Stan Wilcox is leaving the school to join the NCAA, filling the role vacated when Oliver Luck left to run the new XFL.

The NCAA announced Monday that Wilcox will serves as executive vice president of regulatory affairs. Luck, the former West Virginia athletic director, filled the role for four years before stepping down in June.

Wilcox has been AD at Florida State since 2013. Before that he did stints at Duke and Notre Dame, his alma mater, as a deputy athletic director.

The former Notre Dame basketball player began his career in college athletic at the NCAA as a legislative assistant from 1989-94. Wilcox spent 11 years working at the Big East, including six as the conference's representative to the NCAA Management Council.