Air Force Academy superintendent Richard M. Clark has emerged as the top target to become the next College Football Playoff executive director, sources told ESPN.
Clark is a former star linebacker at Air Force who went on to a distinguished career in the military that saw him rise to the level of Lieutenant General.
Sources told ESPN he impressed the College Football Playoff brass with his deep history of leadership, as he’s described as having a strong history as a “leader of leaders.” He emerged from a pool of three finalists who interviewed in person this week.
His assignments prior to taking over as the superintendent at the Air Force included commanding bases around the country, working as a White House fellow and as a senior defense official in Egypt. His assignment prior to taking over at Air Force was Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration at the Pentagon.