Ross Cobb
CLEVELAND — The members of the College Athletic Business Management Association (CABMA) have selected Ross Cobb, UTSA senior associate athletics director/business and facilities, to serve as its President for 2010-11.
“I want to thank past President Frank Hardymon for his commitment and leadership over the past year and throughout his tenure on the Executive Committee. CABMA has grown in several key areas thanks to Hardymon’s contributions,” Cobb said. “I also want to thank the rest of the 2009-10 Executive Committee and the CABMA sponsors and partners for their support and contributions throughout the past year. I look forward to serving as the Association’s President and helping plan the 61st Annual Convention in 2011.”
Cobb is in his ninth year at UTSA and his 15th overall in college athletics. He came to UTSA from Georgia Southern University where he served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Business. Prior to Georgia Southern, he served for five years as the Sports & Information Systems Controller for The Landings Club, Inc., a private golf club located in Savannah, Ga. He also served in a variety of athletics administration roles at Northwestern State from 1993-97. Cobb has a bachelor’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in business administration, both from Georgia Southern.
CABMA also elected Stacy Martin, assistant athletics director for business at Kansas State University to serve as First Vice President; Derrick Magee, associate athletics director/chief business officer at the University of Cincinnati to serve as Second Vice President/Treasurer; and Chauncey Winbush, associate athletics director/business affairs at the United States Naval Academy as the new Third Vice President/Secretary for the 2010-11 year.
CABMA is an organization devoted to the establishment, maintenance and implementation of the highest standards of integrity and efficiency in the scope, policies and procedures involved in the management and administration of business in the athletics departments and associations of colleges and universities. For more information about CABMA, please visit cabma.com. CABMA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 46th year. For more information on NACDA and the 11 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit nacda.com.