Oliver Luck

Oliver Luck
1st Commissioner of the XFL
In office June 5, 2018 – April 10, 2020
Succeeded by	Dwayne Johnson
11th Athletic Director of West Virginia University
In office August 20, 2010 – December 17, 2014
Preceded by	Ed Pastilong
Succeeded by	Shane Lyons
Personal details
Born	Oliver Francis Luck (1960-04-05) April 5, 1960 (age 64) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Kathy Wilson
Children	4 including Andrew Luck
Residence	Indianapolis, Indiana
Alma mater	West Virginia University (B.A.) University of Texas (J.D.)
American football player American football career
No. 10
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:	St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)
College:	West Virginia
NFL draft:	1982 / round: 2 / pick: 44
Career history
As a player:
Houston Oilers (1982–1986)
As an executive:
Frankfurt Galaxy (1991–1992) General manager Rhein Fire (1995–1996) General manager NFL Europe (1996–2000) President Houston Sports Authority (2001–2005) Chief executive officer Houston Dynamo (2005–2010) President and general manager NCAA (2014–2018) Executive vice president for regulatory affairs XFL (2018–2020) Commissioner and chief executive officer
As an administrator:
West Virginia (2010–2014) Athletic director
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team Academic All-American (1980, 1981) First-team All-East (1980) Second-team All-East (1981) 2× WVU team MVP (1980, 1981) Louis D. Meisel Award (1981) WVU Sports Hall of Fame WVU All-Time team (1980–89)
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT: 13-21 Passing yards: 2,544 Passer rating: 64.1
Player stats at PFR

Oliver Francis Luck (born April 5, 1960) is an American business executive and former professional football player. He is currently the executive director of the United Athletic Conference, a new NCAA Division I FCS conference starting play in 2023 as a football-only merger of the ASUN Conference and Western Athletic Conference. He was the CEO and Commissioner of the XFL until it suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Prior to that, he was Director of Intercollegiate Athletes at West Virginia University (WVU), his alma mater, and an executive with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in charge of the organization's regulatory functions. Luck played football professionally as a quarterback for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers (1982–1986). He was also the first president and general manager of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer (MLS). Under his watch, the Dynamo won the MLS Cup in 2006 and 2007.

He is the father of former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.