1. Oliver Luck is currently the executive director of the United Athletic Conference, a new NCAA Division I FCS conference starting play in 2023 as a football-only merger of the ASUN Conference and Western Athletic Conference.
34 Facts About Oliver Luck
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Oliver Luck was the CEO and Commissioner of the XFL until it suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oliver Luck was the first president and general manager of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.
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Oliver Luck is the father of former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.
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Oliver Luck attended St Ignatius High School in Cleveland, where he was a standout quarterback.
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Oliver Luck then enrolled at WVU, playing quarterback from 1978 to 1981.
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Oliver Luck rushed for 407 yards and five touchdowns, including a career-high 120 yards against Tulane.
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Oliver Luck's 19 touchdown passes was a school record, while he added 1,874 yards.
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Also named Academic All-American for the second consecutive season, Oliver Luck threw for a school record 216 completions and 394 attempts to add to his 2,448 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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Oliver Luck added career-highs 360 passing yards and a school-record 34 completions in a loss to Syracuse that season.
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Oliver Luck, who was a three-year starter, ended his career with school records of 43 career touchdown passes, 466 completions, and 911 pass attempts.
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Oliver Luck was named the team MVP in 1980 and 1981 and won the 1981 Louis D Meisel Award.
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Oliver Luck was inducted into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Oliver Luck was the 44th overall selection in the 1982 NFL draft, taken in the second round by the Houston Oilers.
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Oliver Luck was the third quarterback taken, after Art Schlichter and Jim McMahon.
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Oliver Luck was a teammate of fellow quarterback Archie Manning during the 1982 and 1983 seasons.
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Oliver Luck played as Moon's back-up for the majority of the season.
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Oliver Luck completed 22 of 36 pass attempts for 256 yards, two of which were touchdown passes, with one interception.
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Oliver Luck had some success running the ball, with 10 carries for 75 yards and one touchdown.
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In 1985 and 1986, Oliver Luck continued to play back-up to Moon.
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Oliver Luck threw 100 passes in 1985, completing 56 of them with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
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Oliver Luck graduated with honors, then accepted a fellowship to study the European Union and its legal system in Germany.
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Oliver Luck is a long-time member of the American Council on Germany.
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Oliver Luck held the post for two years until the league was suspended.
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Oliver Luck held that role until 2000, during which time he oversaw the league's rebranding as NFL Europe, intended to strengthen the connection between the league and its parent, the NFL.
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In 2001 Oliver Luck was sworn in as Chief Executive Officer of the Houston Sports Authority.
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Oliver Luck worked with the City and County to create a publicly funded downtown soccer stadium, BBVA Compass Stadium, which opened to much fanfare in March 2012.
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On June 27,2008, Oliver Luck was appointed by West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to the West Virginia University Board of Governors, effective July 1.
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On June 9,2010, Oliver Luck was hired as the athletic director of West Virginia University.
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On October 14,2013, Oliver Luck was one of 13 members unanimously chosen by the College Football Playoff Management Committee to select the four teams to compete in the first College Football Playoff which was to be held in 2015.
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On December 17,2014, the NCAA announced that Oliver Luck would take a newly created post as executive vice president for regulatory affairs.
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Oliver Luck is in charge of all national office regulatory functions, including academics, membership, eligibility, and enforcement.
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On June 5,2018, the XFL announced that Oliver Luck would be the league's Commissioner and CEO.
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Oliver Luck is married to the former Kathy Wilson, with whom he has four children: Andrew, Mary Ellen, Emily, and Addison.