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Ian McCaw
Director of Athletics 2008-09 Baylor Athletics Annual Report
This period also includes Baylor's four highest NACDA Directors' Cup finishes highlighted by its best finish ever in 2004-05 with a ranking of 25th. A school-record 14 teams advanced to postseason competition in 2008-09 as Baylor finished third in the Big 12 All-Sports standings and 33rd in the Directors' Cup. Student-athletes have thrived in the classroom as Baylor led the Big 12 in Graduation Success Rate for the third consecutive year at 84 percent and student-athletes recorded their highest cumulative grade-point average on record during 2008-09 at 3.04. While Baylor Athletics enjoyed extraordinary academic and athletic success, the department has made dramatic strides administratively as well. A five-year strategic plan for intercollegiate athletics, Above and Beyond, was developed and implemented inclusive of department goals and objectives. An outgrowth of this plan was the creation of the five-year, $90 million development campaign Victory with Integrity which was initiated in February 2005. Increased athletics development success has followed leading to the funding and completion of the Highers Athletics Complex including the Simpson Athletics and Academic Center and Allison Indoor Football Practice Facility; the Grant Teaff and Letterwinners Plazas at Floyd Casey Stadium; the Lt. Jack Whetsel Jr. Basketball Practice Facility; the Willis Family Equestrian Center; and, numerous other physical improvements. Since McCaw's arrival, the athletics endowment has grown from $14 million to more than $24 million. In each of the last five years, the Baylor Bear Foundation has posted a new record for annual funds raised highlighted by its best year ever in 2008-09 when more than $6.3 million was raised. Baylor successfully completed the NCAA certification process being cited as one of only two institutions in the certification program's history to have no issues raised in its self-study. An expanded compliance staff, improved financial services area and enhanced Student- Athlete Services/Life Skills unit are among the most significant internal improvements. Record revenues in ticket sales, corporate sponsorship, television, licensing and expanded media exposure underscore the growth in external support for Baylor Athletics. McCaw is Baylor's 12th athletic director and arrived from the University of Massachusetts, where he spent the previous year as director of athletics. McCaw was responsible for a 23-sport program and helped develop and implement a five-year strategic plan and secure funding for basketball locker room renovations. McCaw previously served as director of intercollegiate athletics and campus recreation at Northeastern University from 1997-2002. During his five years at Northeastern, where he implemented a five-year strategic plan for Northeastern athletics inclusive of department goals and objectives.
Northeastern graduated 65 percent of its student-athletes during McCaw's final year at the Boston institution, 14 points higher than the institutional average. Husky student-athletes also gave back to the community, as each team was required to participate in at least one community service project annually. The success of the Northeastern athletic program on McCaw's watch extended beyond the classroom, as the program captured a school-record six America East conference titles in 2001-2002, and five teams finished among the nation's top 20. In all, nine different programs captured at least one conference title during McCaw's tenure and five earned at least one NCAA bid. McCaw went to Northeastern from Tulane University, where he served as senior associate athletic director for development and associate athletic director for external affairs from 1992-1997, being named Tulane's co-interim director of athletics in 1996. Prior to his years at Tulane, McCaw worked in a variety of athletic administrative posts at the University of Maine from 1986 to 1992 including sports information, marketing and external affairs. Recognized as a national leader in intercollegiate athletics, McCaw serves on the NCAA Recruiting and Personnel Cabinet. He is a member of the Big 12 television and game management and officiating committees, and chair of the Big 12 Directors of Athletics. He also serves on the National Association of Collegiate Director's of Athletics Executive Committee, and previously was a member of the NCAA Championships and Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee. McCaw earned his master's degree in sport management from Massachusetts in 1987, after receiving a bachelor's degree in sports administration at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, in 1985. McCaw and his wife, Heather, are members of First Baptist Church of Woodway where he serves as a deacon. They are the parents of four children: Christy, Paul, Callie and Corinne. McCaw is President of the Board of Directors of Live Oak Classical School in Waco.
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