INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.- The NCAA board has appointed five new members to the Board of Governors Finance and Audit Committee highlighted by SWAC Commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland being selected to serve on the committee.
 
The NCAA Board of Governors Finance and Audit Committee is a governance body of the NCAA responsible for overseeing the organization's finances and auditing processes. It operates under the broader NCAA Board of Governors to ensure fiscal responsibility, review financial statements, and conduct audits to maintain financial integrity and transparency within the NCAA.  

“I’m sincerely honored to be selected as a member of the NCAA Board of Governors Finance and Audit Committee,” said McClelland. “This committee plays a crucial role within the overall governance structure of the NCAA and I couldn’t’ be more excited to begin serving the NCAA membership in this capacity.”
 
McClelland was named the sixth Commissioner of the Southwestern Athletic Conference during the summer of 2018. Under his watch the Southwestern Athletic Conference has been at the forefront of league expansions with the additions of Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman in the Summer of 2020.
 
Beginning with the 2021-22 academic year the Southwestern Athletic Conference boasted 12 total members spanning across six states including three members based in Mississippi (Alcorn State, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State), two in Alabama (Alabama A&M, Alabama State), two in Louisiana (Grambling State, Southern), two in Texas (Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern), one in Arkansas (Arkansas-Pine Bluff), and two in Florida (Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman).

Among other notable changes in the conference under his watch also includes the purchase of a corporate office building to serve as the new headquarters for the league. The three-story structure is equipped with over 40 individual offices, two large conference rooms, a walk-in reception/waiting area, and over 30 parking spaces. The league’s new headquarters fittingly serves as the primary location for conference operations, annual business meetings, along with the onsite filming of multimedia content for distribution via social media and the SWAC Digital Network (SDN).  

In the summer of 2025, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced the creation of SWAC TV, an exclusive streaming platform that delivers users league athletics content across all 18 conference sponsored sports. For the first time in history SWAC fans and supporters have a high quality, technologically advanced streaming platform solely dedicated to broadcasting live events and delivering high-definition on-demand league content.
 
Upon its initial launch SWAC TV was available for download on Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Google Play, and Android TV. The free platform features preseason, regular season and post-season live events across 18 league sponsored sports while also featuring unique feature content, sports talk shows and podcast.

In addition to his duties at the league office, McClelland was selected as a member of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee in March of 2019. In July of 2022 McClelland was named chair of the committee for the 2023-24 season.

With his selection he became the first person representing an HBCU league or institution to chair the committee. The 12-member committee is responsible for selecting, seeding and bracketing the field for the NCAA Tournament.

McClelland is a former member of the NCAA Leadership/Management Council.  At the time it was one of the highest ranking councils in the NCAA, the Leadership/Management Council was responsible for establishing direct general policy, the strategic plan for the NCAA and advised the board of directors on administrative bylaws and regulations.
 
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.

Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Tennis. 

Women’s competitions are offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Volleyball.
 
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