“How often do you get to build a pro football league from scratch?”

American business executive and former professional football quarterback

Oliver Luck is an American business executive and former professional football quarterback. He played in the National Football League from 1982 to 1986, and later became a sports administrator and league executive. He has 78 quotes on the site. He served as executive director of the United Athletic Conference, a football-only NCAA Division I FCS conference that began play in 2023. He also led the XFL as chief executive and commissioner until operations were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that, he worked at West Virginia University, his alma mater, and at the NCAA in a role overseeing regulatory functions. He also was the first president and general manager of the Houston Dynamo, who won the MLS Cup in 2006 and 2007 during his tenure.