Brent Blaylock was promoted to Senior Associate A.D. for Administration and Institutional Control in 2021 after joining the Arizona Athletics Department as the Associate Athletics Director for Compliance in July 2017. In this role, Blaylock leads the departmentwide sports administration program and has oversight of team operations across all 22 sports to ensure the programs are supported at the highest levels from a financial, personnel, and operational perspective. He also has sport supervision for Arizona's men's basketball, women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s golf programs.
A member of Arizona Athletics’ leadership team and executive staff, Blaylock’s additional responsibilities include building and leading The Arizona EDGE program associated with student-athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL), supporting the department’s initiatives associated with institutional control, and acting as a liaison to the Board of Regents and Office of Government and Community Relations. He also serves in a leadership capacity with game scheduling for multiple sports, the hiring of coaches, and the internal operations of the entire department. Additionally, Blaylock was named Co-Chair of the Big 12 Transition Team in Fall 2023, leading the department’s move from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big 12.
In his previous role as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Compliance, and as part of a commitment to understanding the needs and concerns associated with the highest level of competition in collegiate athletics, Blaylock developed a program that has successfully ensured the eligibility of high performing student-athletes. This program included elite student-athletes from baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, swimming and diving, and track and field. Most notably, the program has included a national player of the year, a No. 1 overall draft pick, first round draft picks in baseball and men’s and women’s basketball, multiple conference players of the year, multiple future professional golfers, and multiple Olympic-level athletes, all of which never missed a competition due to an amateurism-related issue. The Compliance Office also secured a positive result on over 95% of the NCAA legislative relief waivers associated with student-athletes under Blaylock’s leadership.
Blaylock has experience on multiple committees including the NCAA Amateurism Fact-Finding Committee, the Pac-12 Legislative Committee, the Pac-12 Football Working Group, the University of Arizona Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Committee as well as Arizona Athletics’ Sport Administration Team, Conduct Advisory Team, and Health and Wellness Team.
Blaylock came to Tucson after serving as the Assistant A.D. for Compliance at Kansas from 2014 to 2017. At KU, Blaylock was responsible for rules education, governance, and the KU elite student-athlete program, while also serving as the primary contact for the men’s basketball and football programs.
Prior to his time at Kansas, Blaylock worked with the compliance staff at Temple University, as a scout for the Cleveland Browns (2013-14) and Montreal Alouettes (2014), marketing & media relations coordinator for Penske Racing (2012-13), assistant director of football operations at the University of Miami (2008-11), and in football operations for the Miami Dolphins (2007).
A Durham, N.C. native, Blaylock worked in the UNC football operations office while he earned a bachelor of arts in management from the University of North Carolina in 2005. He secured a master's degree in sport management from the University of Texas in 2007.
Blaylock and his wife Kate reside in Tucson with their son Jack.
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