Hancock selected as exec director of U.S. college football’s post-season system

BCS officials selected Bill Hancock to become the first executive director of U.S. college football's post-season system.

BCS co-ordinator and Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford announced Hancock's promotion from administrator to his new position on Tuesday.

Hancock will replace the BCS co-ordinator, starting next year. The co-ordinator position has rotated on a two-year basis between conference commissioners since the Bowl Championship Series was implemented in 1998.

But the job has become too big for someone to handle in a part-time role. At times, commissioners found the responsibilities of their full-time gigs conflicted with the duties of BCS co-ordinator.

"Bill has been a tremendous asset to the BCS since beginning his involvement in 2005," Swofford said in a statement. "With the continued growth and interest in the BCS, it became evident to all of us that an executive director was necessary to co-ordinate what has become a full-time slate of daily responsibilities."

Swofford's two-year term as co-ordinator will end Jan. 7. At that point Hancock, who has been working as an administrator and spokesman for the BCS since 2005, will assume most of the co-ordinator's duties.

Big East commissioner John Marinatto would have been next in line to take over the role of BCS co-ordinator.

"I'm thrilled and humbled to move into this new role," Hancock said in a statement. "I love the special place college football occupies in our society and I am proud of the great benefits the BCS has brought to student-athletes, college football fans and others. It's an honour to be working on behalf of this wonderful game."

In 1989, Hancock became the first director of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament, a job he held for 13 years.