John swofford biography
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John swofford biography
John Swofford
American football player and administrator (born 1948)
John Douglas Swofford (born December 6, 1948) is an American former college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1980 to 1997 and as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from 1997 to 2021.[1]
Early life and education
Swofford was born on December 6, 1948, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
While at Wilkes Central High School, he played as a quarterback for the Wilkes Central Eagles football team and was twice selected to the all-state football team. He was awarded a prestigious Morehead Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967, where he was part of Bill Dooley's first football recruiting class.[2] He played quarterback and defensive back from 1969 to 1971.[3][4] He earned a master's deg