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James J. "Jim " Phillips is an American college athletic administrator. He is the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), a position he has held since 2021. Phillips served as the athletic director at Northern Illinois University from 2004 to 2008 and Northwestern University from 2008 to 2021.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Phillips is a Chicago native and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ,[5] Arizona State University and a Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Tennessee .
In 2023, Phillips was accused of covering up widespread hazing and sexual abuse in Northwestern University 's football program . Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against Philips in litigation headed by noted civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump .[6] [7]
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The youngest of 10 children from a Catholic family, Phillips has been described by Sports Illustrated Pat Forde as "an emphatic Catholic" and "punctilious in the practice of worship". When working at the ACC's uptown Charlotte headquarters, he attends the 12:10 pm mass at a church within walking distance of the headquarters daily. He and his wife Laura, herself the youngest of seven children from a Chicago Catholic family, have five children.[8]
References [ edit ]
^ Pesek, Shannon (December 14, 2020). "James J. Phillips selected to be next ACC Commissioner" . news.northwestern.edu . Retrieved 9 March 2021 .
^ DeCock, Luke (December 14, 2020). "In hiring Jim Phillips, the ACC broke with 70 years of tradition. It was time" . News and Observer Raleigh, North Carolina . Retrieved December 17, 2020 .
^ Teel, David (January 12, 2023). "A tireless advocate for ACC, Jim Phillips also a natural candidate for Big Ten" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved 18 March 2023 .
^ Northam, Mitchell. "ACC commissioner Phillips tight-lipped on Northwestern hazing scandal" . www.wunc.org . WUNC. Retrieved 8 April 2024 .
^ DeCock, Luke. "ACC commissioner's new baggage a burden the league didn't need to shoulder right now" . The News & Observer . The News & Observer. Retrieved 8 April 2024 .
^ Forde, Pat (May 13, 2024). "ACC at a Crossroads: Jim Phillips Facing Internal and External Threats to League's Survival" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved May 14, 2024 .
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