Sprint Football | 4/8/2020 3:01:00 PM
New Haven, Conn. - The Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) and its 10-member institutions on Tuesday announced that Dan Mara has been named the new commissioner of the conference. The announcement was made after a unanimous vote was conducted by the league's members to appoint Mara as the new leader of the CSFL. Mara will also continue to serve as commissioner of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) as well.
"I am honored the administrators of the Collegiate Sprint Football League has entrusted me to lead this outstanding conference," Mara said. "The CSFL has a rich history, and an even brighter future. I am looking forward to working with each of our 10-member institutions to continue to grow the league and enrich the experience for our student-athletes." Along with Post University, the CSFL includes Alderson Broaddus University, Army West Point, Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College, Mansfield University, the U.S. Naval Academy, the University of Pennsylvania and Saint Thomas Aquinas College
Mara - who is currently the third longest tenured commissioner in Division II - brings 14 years of experience in that capacity to the CSFL, arriving at the CACC as commissioner in 2006. He spent 11 years as the Associate Vice President for Athletics and Fitness at Post University.
While at Post, Mara served as Vice President of the CACC Directors Council from 1998 to 2004 and chaired the conference's Ethics and Membership Committees until his appointment as Commissioner. During that time, he was heavily involved with the CACC's move to the NCAA. The CACC was elected to Active NCAA Membership in July of 2004.
Mara is the second vice president of the Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association (D2CCA) and will chair the association in 2020-2021.
Prior to beginning the administrative portion of his career, Mara was an accomplished women's college basketball coach at Mitchell College in New London, Conn., where he went 289-16, winning ten National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCCA) New England titles and reaching two NJCCA Final Fours. Mara is a member of four halls of fame for his accomplishments on the court. He was inducted into the Mitchell College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998, the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, the NJCAA Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
