Deputy AD Lynda Tealer leaving Florida to become new senior vice president of NCAA championships
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After more than 20 years of serving the University of Florida Athletics Association, Deputy Athletic Director Lynda Tealer will be leaving for a new opportunity. On Tuesday, the NCAA announced Tealer as its new senior vice president of championships. She will begin her job on May 6.
As NCAA senior vice president of championships, Tealer will oversee 84 NCAA championships, including functions in event operations, media coordination and statistics, playing rules, ticket operations and marketing, merchandise and licensing, and social and digital media.
“I am excited about the opportunity to lead NCAA championships through a period of growth and positive change,” Tealer said. “It’s an exciting time to join the team in Indianapolis as we work together to make championship participation the pinnacle of a young person’s college experience and a highlight for families, fans, and all who take part in our events.”
Tealer joins the NCAA senior management team after having spent the past 21 years at Florida, where she oversaw the university’s women’s programs plus men’s basketball.
Besides serving as Florida’s deputy athletics director, she is also a University Athletic Association board member at Florida and the athletics department’s deputy Title IX coordinator.
Tealer has served in several leadership positions in the NCAA governance structure. She is currently chair of the Division I Council and is a member of the Division I Board of Directors and NCAA Board of Governors. She has served on the council’s Competition Oversight Committee, NIL Working Group and Council Coordination Committee. She also held roles on the Division I Transformation Committee and the Southeastern Conference/ESPN Content Board.
“Lynda’s background working with student-athletes, coaches and administrators, not to mention her time competing as a student-athlete, make her an ideal candidate to shape the future of our championships,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said. “She’s intimately familiar with the Association’s governance structure and brings decades of leadership experience.”
