UK Board of Trustees Chairman Britt Brockman named the members of the athletics oversight committee Tuesday.

The committee will “examine best practices in the governance and organization of intercollegiate athletics,” and will look “at institutions in the Southeastern Conference, the Atlantic Coast Conference and UK’s benchmark institutions,” according to a news release.

Terry Mobley is the chair of the committee and a board member. Mobley is a former university vice president of external relations and interim athletics director.

The news release said other members of the committee are board members Keith Gannon, Bill Gatton, Frank Shoop and Billy Joe Miles.

Also included on the committee are Scott Smith, dean of the College of Agriculture; Lionel Williamson, a professor in the College of Agriculture; Joseph L. Fink, the faculty athletics representative and a professor in the College of Pharmacy; and former Board chairs Mira Ball and Jim Hardymon.

Brockman and President Lee Todd will both serve as ex-officio members of the committee, the release said.

—STAFF REPORT