Sean Harris Named Affiliate Commissioner for Championships and Sport Administration

SAN MATEO, Calif. – The West Coast Meeting has introduced the appointment of Sean Harris as Affiliate Commissioner for Championships and Sport Administration. Harris joins the WCC’s senior leadership workforce, where he will oversee functions for all championship events and serve as the activity administrator for a number of sports activities.
 
Harris joins the WCC just after serving the previous nine several years at the Pac-12 Conference, where he was most a short while ago the Assistant Commissioner for Sporting activities Management and Championships.
 
“I am delighted to welcome Sean Harris to the WCC,” Commissioner Gloria Nevarez explained. “During our time functioning jointly at the Pac-12 Meeting, Sean efficiently managed numerous championship events with comprehensive-oriented setting up and substantial-stage execution. As a previous collegiate scholar-athlete himself, Sean is committed to providing an outstanding expertise for the pupil-athletes and coaches of the WCC. Sean is a good addition to our senior leadership staff. He developed strong relationships with the membership during his time at the Pac-12 Convention and I seem forward to owning him operate closely with our membership to even further enrich the all round championship working experience.”
 
During his nine years at the Pac-12, Harris managed championship operations, whilst also serving as the Conference’s sport administrator for volleyball, men’s golfing, men’s and women’s cross place and men’s and women’s track and area. Harris served as the Assistant Match Director of the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Match in Las Vegas. He managed the Pac-12’s awards process, the goods software, sponsorship activations at championship activities, and labored closely with Pac-12 Networks as the department liaison with convention scheduling and championship productions.
 
Whilst controlling championship functions, Harris played a crucial leadership job in the Pac-12’s World-wide Grant Program. He served guide functions for 5 conference-sponsored situations and tours in Australia and China.
 
He was a member of the NCAA Keep track of and Subject Committee from 2016-21, serving as the Committee Chair in 2021.
 
“I am excited to join the West Coast Meeting team and commence doing work with Gloria Nevarez, her workers, and most importantly our membership,” Harris said. “Building interactions with campus directors and coaches is a top rated priority and I glance forward to collaborating with all of our stakeholders to improve the pupil-athlete knowledge.”
 
Harris very first joined the Pac-12 as an Administrative Fellow in 2013 and, shortly immediately after, acknowledged a full-time job as the Coordinator of Sports activities Administration and Championships. He was elevated to the Assistant Director of Sports activities Administration and Championships in 2016 and ongoing to extend his role, serving as Director a few years afterwards. Harris was appointed the Pac-12’s Assistant Commissioner of Sports Management and Championships in 2021. 
 
Harris graduated from Washington Point out College with a degree in sporting activities management in 2013, even though competing as a decathlete for the Cougars’ monitor and area system from 2008-13. He attained a master’s degree in athletics management from the University of San Francisco in 2017.
 
While competing as a pupil-athlete at Washington Condition, Harris was a member of the WSU Foundation’s Yearly Offering and Specific Items crew and served as a tutor in the WSU Tutorial Achievements and Career Centre.