Mario Morris

Mario Morris is the NCAA senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer. He joined the national office in September 2022, bringing deep experience in college athletics, higher education, and the financial services industry.

Prior to serving the NCAA, Morris was executive deputy athletics director at Notre Dame, where he was responsible for the athletics department’s core business and revenue-generation functions, including strategic financial planning, business operations, multimedia rights, apparel, fan engagement, corporate relations, business innovation, ticketing, marketing, hospitality, contracts, information technology, data analytics, athletics equipment, facilities and events. Morris also helped to lead the development of Notre Dame’s name, image and likeness policy.

In 2021, he was selected as the College Athletic Business Management Association’s manager of the year.

Morris received his PhD in educational leadership and policy analysis from Wisconsin in 2024, where he researched intercollegiate student-athlete employment. He received the Outstanding Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention, AERA (2025), Education Law Association Dissertation of the Year (2024), and the Dr. Carolyn Kelley Dissertation Award (2024). He received his law degree from Wisconsin in 2006 and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Alabama in 1994. He was a starting linebacker on Alabama’s football team, playing on the Crimson Tide’s national championship team in 1992.