INDIANAPOLIS — Georgetown Athletics Director Lee Reed has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, replacing Mark Jackson, who resigned as athletics director at Villanova to take the same position at Northwestern last month. Jackson was initially appointed to represent the Big East Conference after Butler Athletics Director Barry Collier retired on April 30. Now, Reed will fill the final two years of Collier’s original five-year term, which expires in August 2026.
Reed has worked in athletics administration for 30 years, having started as an intern for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics in 1994. He also spent seven years at Eastern Michigan before being named director of athletics at Cleveland State in 2002. He held that position for eight years before landing at Georgetown in 2010.
A former team captain on the basketball team at Cleveland State, Reed also has coaching experience, having served as an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at New Mexico. During his time in Albuquerque, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Nearly a quarter century after serving his internship, Reed became the president of NACDA for the 2018-19 season. That came on the heels of being a 2017 NACDA Athletics Director of the Year Award recipient. Reed also chairs the Big East Conference Men’s Basketball Issues Working Group, is a mentor for the NCAA’s Pathway Program, designed to elevate senior-level athletics administrators, and is a member of the Black AD Alliance. In addition, he has served as president of the NCAA I-AAA Athletics Directors Association and served on the NCAA Division I Management Council and the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group.
“An invitation to join the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee is both an honor and a privilege,” Reed said. “I look forward to representing the Big East Conference and Georgetown University as a member of this prestigious committee, which oversees one of the most exciting events in all of sports. I appreciate the opportunity to work alongside existing committee members and NCAA staff to elevate the championship and continue its legacy for years to come.”
Reed will be one of five first-year committee members, joining Irma Garcia of Manhattan, Stu Jackson of the West Coast Conference, Brian Thornton of the Western Athletic Conference, and Chad Weiberg of Oklahoma State. Bubba Cunningham of North Carolina will chair the committee for the 2024-25 season, while Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill will serve as vice chair. Other returning members include Greg Byrne of Alabama, Mark Coyle of Minnesota, Arthur Johnson of Temple, Martin Newton of Samford, and Tom Wistrcill of the Big Sky Conference.
