ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western Director of Athletics Josh Looney has accepted an appointment to the NCAA Football Rules Committee.

The purpose of the NCAA Football Rules Committee is to review, affirm, and adjust all game rules and policies for football in the NCAA. The committee has focused on issues such as player safety, rule updates, officiating, and on-field player equipment.

The opportunity to serve on the NCAA Football Rules Committee is an accomplishment that not many administrators and coaches in America are given. The committee is made up of 13 individual members from affiliations across the NCAA. Of those members, there are six from Division I, three from Division II, and three from Division III. Of the three committee members currently representing Division II, Looney is the only director of athletics, as the other two are head football coaches.

Each member of the committee serves a four-year term. Looney will serve on the committee until August 2022.

Josh Looney is serving in his second year as Director of Athletics at Missouri Western.

For more information on the NCAA Football Rules Committee and a complete list of its committee members, click here.

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