NEW ORLEANS – Like any of the 10 coaches who stood at the podium Monday, new Sun Belt Conference commissioner Keith Gill probably went into his first league Media Day with one goal in mind – don’t say anything stupid.
Gill, who played college football at Duke (1994), became the Sun Belt’s sixth commissioner on March 19. He has big shoes to fill continuing the line of Vic Bubas (1976-1990), Jim Lessig (1990-91), Craig Thompson (1991-1998), Wright Waters (1999-2012) and Karl Benson (2012-19).
Gill isn’t just a follower. He is a pioneer, the first African-American to be named commissioner of an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision conference.