SEC's Mike Slive enjoys trip home

Mike Slive was in Utica today for Utica Free Academy’s 50th reunion.

 

Slive was an outstanding quarterback on a couple of outstanding UFA football teams, including the 1957 Central Oneida League champions, and went on to Dartmouth College, were he lettered three years in lacrosse.

 

He’s had a great career since then as a lawyer and judge, collegiate athletic director (Cornell University) and conference commissioner. He’s been the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference since 2002 and has done a great job cleaning up the conference’s image while maintaining its competitive edge, which has resulted in numerous national championships in major sports.

 

Slive obviously is highly thought of by his peers. A graduate of both the University of Virginia and Georgetown University law schools, he was coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series the last two years, and will be the chairman of the NCAA Division I basketball committee this academic year.

 

Mike was a great guy to talk sports with, and I know he thoroughly enjoyed spending time with his old teammates and classmates.