National Association of Black Sports Professionals

What National Association of Black Sports Professionals does

NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) is a private, nonprofit professional membership association for administrators of collegiate athletics in the United States, founded in 1966 and headquartered in Cleveland. The organization serves as an umbrella body administering 19 affiliated professional associations and 4 foundations spanning NCAA Division I (FBS, FCS, D-I AAA), Division II, Division III, NAIA, and two-year college athletics, with named affiliates including NADIIIAA, NATYCAA, NAIA-ADA, CABMA, CEFMA, ICLA, MOAA, N4A, NAAC, NAADD, NAATSO, NACMA, D2 ADA, D2 CCA, DIIICA, and the McLendon Foundation. Its core product surface consists of annual memberships (combined NACDA + affiliate pricing tiers ranging from $75 joint-individual add-ons to $450 institutional group memberships, on an August–July annual billing cycle), professional development programming (Sport Administrator Leadership Institute, Senior Administrators Mentoring Institute, NACDA U), industry awards (Rasmussen Lifetime Achievement, Corbett Memorial, Community Service awards), the Learfield Directors' Cup standing competition, and an annual convention with associated sponsorships and exhibit-hall revenue.

Revenue is generated predominantly through recurring annual membership dues sold at the institutional and individual level across the affiliate network, supplemented by convention sponsorships, exhibit-hall fees, corporate partner awards (Allstate Good Works Team, Fiesta Bowl Community Service), and ancillary programming revenue. Distribution occurs through the self-serve members.nacda.com portal, the annual NACDA & Affiliates Convention, virtual webinars, digital publications (Athletics Administration Magazine, NACDA Daily Review), and dedicated leadership institutes. The NADIIIAA affiliate alone represents more than 700 athletics administrators from over 350 NCAA Division III institutions and 43 conferences.

Name

National Association of Black Sports Professionals

Legal name

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics

Website

https://nacda.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) is a nonprofit professional membership association administering 19 affiliated bodies that serve athletics administrators across NCAA and NAIA collegiate institutions in the United States through annual memberships, conventions, awards, and professional development programming.

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAKAFAG

University/School Sport Governing Bodies (Collegiate/Scholastic Associations)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Rights Holders & Governing Bodies (Federations, Associations, Sanctioning Bodies)

SECONDARYMPAKACAC

National Collegiate Governing Bodies (e.g., NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA/USCAA)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Collegiate & Amateur Sports Organizations (NCAA, Federations, Clubs)

Keywords

• Professional networking
• Sports career development
• Industry association
• Diversity inclusion
• Educational programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Westlake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Combined NACDA and affiliate memberships offered to athletics administrators at educational institutions. Group memberships allow unlimited staff members from member institutions. Individual memberships available for single professionals.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The National Association of Black Sports Professionals is a professional association that provides educational opportunities and networking vehicles for Black sports professionals. The organization focuses on supporting career advancement, professional development, and community-building within the sports industry for its target demographic. It operates as a membership-based association serving individual sports professionals.

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The McLendon Experience: Professional development program for minority leaders in sports
• Sport Administrator Leadership Institute (SALI)
• NACDA U
• NACDA Retired ADs Community
• NACDA Military Veterans Affinity Group

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Learfield: Learfield is a collegiate athletics media and sponsorship rights company that partners with NACDA on the Learfield Directors' Cup. It is a key commercial counterpart rather than a direct competitor, but is materially relevant as an ecosystem participant touching the same institutional customers and corporate sponsorship channels.

Direct peers

• National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA): The NJCAA governs two-year college athletics, the same constituency served by NACDA's NATYCAA affiliate. It is a directly comparable membership-based collegiate athletics governing body and a natural peer in NACDA's portfolio.
• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA): The NAIA is a national collegiate governing body that is also one of NACDA's covered constituencies (via the NAIA-ADA affiliate). It is directly comparable as a multi-institution collegiate athletics governance and membership organization serving the same customer base NACDA reaches through its affiliate structure.
• College Sports Communicators (CSC): CSC (formerly CoSIDA) is a professional membership organization serving collegiate athletics communications and sports information directors. NACDA explicitly links to CSC from its main navigation, reflecting an overlapping member base and parallel professional-association model serving a related collegiate athletics function.
• American Football Coaches Association (AFCA): The AFCA is a long-established professional membership association serving collegiate football coaches. It is comparable to NACDA as a sport-focused professional association within U.S. collegiate athletics, with a similar dues-based model and conference-driven engagement.
• Sports Management Institute (SMI): SMI is a professional development program for athletics administrators, also directly linked from NACDA's main navigation. It overlaps with NACDA's professional-development mission (e.g., SALI, Mentoring Institute) and serves the same athletics-administrator customer base.
• Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA): MOAA is a wholly-owned NACDA affiliate focused on minority opportunities in athletics administration. It is a directly comparable professional membership community and is operated under NACDA, making it the closest internal peer.

Broad incumbents

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): The NCAA is the principal governing body for U.S. collegiate athletics and sets the rules, championships, and policy environment in which NACDA's athletics-administrator members operate. NACDA's divisional affiliates (FBS AD Association, D2 ADA, D3, NAIA-ADA) exist specifically to serve administrators within the NCAA and adjacent ecosystem, making the NCAA the dominant incumbent peer.
• National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): NATA is a large, established professional membership association serving athletic trainers across collegiate and other settings. It is comparable to NACDA in operating model (membership dues, conventions, certifications, advocacy) while serving an adjacent functional role within collegiate athletics departments.

Regional players

• National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA): The NSCA is a U.S.-based professional membership association for strength and conditioning coaches and sports science professionals. It is comparable to NACDA in operating model (dues, certifications, conferences) and serves professionals inside collegiate athletics departments, though focused on a narrower specialty.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ADNACDA
• Xx.com/nacda
• Facebookfacebook.com/nacda
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-national-association-for-athletics-compliance

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Subsidiaries19 records

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