Gerald Gurney spent 18 years as director for academics and student life in the OU athletic department. Since 2011, Gurney has been an OU assistant professor in of Educational Leadership, Educational Psychology and Policy Studies, and Human Relations. Gurney is a frequent critic of the NCAA and has teamed with Ohio University’s B. David Ridpath to write a reproach of NCAA president Mark Emmert.
Mark Emmert’s Decade of Disaster
By Dr. B. David Ridpath, Ohio University
& Dr. Gerald Gurney, University of Oklahoma
In fall 2020, Dr. Mark Emmert will reach a decade as president of the NCAA, the nation’s largest tax-exempt and educational non-profit governing college sport.