Hairston Named Assistant AD for Compliance
August 05, 2009 04:03 PM | General
August 5, 2009
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong has announced that Patrick Hairston has been named Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance.
Hairston, a native of Williamson, W.Va., comes to WVU from the NCAA, where he served as Assistant Director of Championships since March 2008. At the NCAA, Hairston served as a manager for selected governing sports committees, administered championships and managed selected coaches’ associations and selected national governing bodies.
“We are extremely pleased to have Patrick Hairston join the Mountaineer family,” says Pastilong. “Patrick brings a great deal of experience with him, and he will be an outstanding leader of our compliance department.
“I would also like to thank Chad Wall and Jordan Blizzard, who have done an outstanding job during the past year. We believe we have a great staff to kick off the new academic year.”
From 2005-08, Hairston was Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations at Delaware State. Some of his responsibilities included a wide range of supervisory duties, including oversight of compliance and sport administration.
Prior to Delaware State, Hairston served as an assistant commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for six years. In that multifaceted position, he worked closely with member institutions in the areas of compliance, NCAA Certification, secondary and major NCAA rules violations, in addition to conducting compliance reviews and audits. During his tenure at the WAC, Hairston oversaw the National Letter of Intent Program, Coaches Certification Test Program, the conference’s Student-Athlete Special Assistance and Student-Athlete Opportunity Funds, the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program, as well as crafted amendments to NCAA and conference legislation. He was the primary liaison for the conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and to the Faculty Athletic Representatives.
Hairston was also a source of expertise concerning conference and NCAA rules, not only providing written and verbal interpretation, but also developing and writing amendments to conference and NCAA legislation. In addition, he coordinated and conducted seminars concerning conference rules.
In 1998-99, Hairston served as a compliance coordinator and athletics academic advisor at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He held internships with the NCAA and was a graduate assistant in compliance at WVU. During his career, Hairston has had opportunities to serve on numerous NCAA compliance and governance committees.
“I’m excited to return to the great state of West Virginia” says Hairston. “It is a privilege and an honor to have an opportunity to work for West Virginia University. I look forward to working with the athletic department, coaches, faculty and staff and student-athletes to ensure we maintain institutional control by complying with NCAA rules and regulations. In addition, I want to support Ed Pastilong’s mission to have competitive teams and to ensure our student-athletes have the opportunity to reach their athletic and academic endeavors.”
Hairston holds a bachelor’s degree in human services from UNC-Charlotte and a master’s degree in sport management from West Virginia University. He is pursuing a doctorate degree in higher education leadership from Delaware State.
Patrick and wife Vanessa have two children, Patrick, Jr. and Faith.
