![Irma Garcia Named to NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee| Keynote USA Irma Garcia Named to NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee| Keynote USA](https://i0.wp.com/www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/styles/large_16x9/public-s3/images/2024-06/Irma%20Garcia.jpg?h=6660d6c8&itok=AoIcys32&w=1200&resize=1200,0&ssl=1)
INDIANKeynoteUSAOLIS — Manhattan Athletics Director Irma García has been named to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, becoming the seventh woman to serve on this group. Her five-year term begins immediately and runs through August 31, 2029.
Garcia has been in his current position for a year. She spent the previous 35 years at St. Francis Brooklyn, first as the women’s basketball coach from 1988 to 1999, then as associate athletic director from 1999 to 2007, and then as athletic director from 2007 to 2023. St. Francis Brooklyn is also where Garcia earned his college degree in 1980 while playing basketball for four years at the school. After graduating, she served as a physical education instructor and girls basketball coach at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School in Staten Island for eight years. She later earned a master’s degree from Brooklyn College.
Garcia was the Northeast Conference Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year in 1998, won the FCS Administrator of the Year award in 2014-15 from the group now called Women Leaders in Sports, and a year later received Under Armour Division I-AAA Athletic Director of the Year honors. The Brooklyn native has also served on the Division I Women’s Basketball Oversight Committee and is active with Women Leaders in Sports. Additionally, she has held leadership roles with the National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors, Minority Athletic Opportunity Association, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and the New York City Public Schools Athletic League.
“I am delighted to have been selected as the MAAC representative on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee,” Garcia said. “This is certainly an opportunity to elevate Manhattan College, our conference and Division I men’s basketball. I am excited to begin working alongside my fellow committee members. The best is yet to come!”
Garcia is one of five new committee members, joining Mark Jackson of Villanova, Stu Jackson of the West Coast Conference, Brian Thornton of the Western Athletic Conference and Chad Weiberg of Oklahoma State. North Carolina’s Bubba Cunningham will chair the committee for the 2024-25 season. Other returning members include Alabama’s Greg Byrne, Minnesota’s Mark Coyle, Sun Belt Conference’s Keith Gill, Temple’s Arthur Johnson, Samford’s Martin Newton and Big Sky Conference’s Tom Wistrcill.
Keynote USA
For the Latest Sports News, Follow Keynote USA Sports on Twitter.