Scott Bearby
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Scott Bearby as senior vice president and chief legal officer, Bearby will lead enterprise legal strategy for legal affairs, government relations and hearing operations.
The office of legal affairs handles numerous legal responsibilities for the Association, including managing litigation involving the national office and supporting its governance and sport committees, 90 championships, and national office staff in assisting the membership and student-athletes.
Bearby was named vice president of legal affairs and general counsel in August 2016 after serving in various legal positions at the national office since January 1999.
Before joining the NCAA, Bearby spent six years in private practice. A native of Hammond, Indiana, he earned his bachelor’s degree in government from Notre Dame and his law degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.
NCAA's lawyer is an ND man. Maybe if he had gone to law school there, he'd have some integrity,
Replies to: "NCAA's lawyer is an ND man. Maybe if he had gone to law school there, he'd have some integrity,"
- Michigan's penalty - a lesson in cowardice. [LINK]
- LanceManion - 11:54am 8/15/25
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- Not sure how many here know this fact...but since the inception of collegiate competition... - nddad98 - 8:19pm 8/15/25
- No recruitng sanctions or scholarship reductions? [NT]
- garryowen - 6:30pm 8/15/25
- Didn’t want to punish the current kids for sins of the past. There’s the blueprint. - LanceManion - 10:54am 8/16/25
- NCAA got what they wanted out of it......a good chunk of cash. Their interests were met. [NT] - Clem - 5:04pm 8/15/25
- Devil made me do it the 1st time, the 2nd time I done it on my own. [NT] - ELP - 5:03pm 8/15/25
- Dint do nuttin'! - ndunabomber - 2:40pm 8/15/25
- Told the NCAA to “Nut up…or shut up.” - TakethetrainKnute - 2:54pm 8/15/25
- "I didn't do it." [NT]
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- MAS - 2:12pm 8/15/25
- I don't know, I didn't do it, it's not my fault. [NT] - ghostwriter - 4:16pm 8/15/25
- That will put the fear of God in other programs looking to cheat - McIrish - 1:19pm 8/15/25
- ...and it only took two years [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 1:12pm 8/15/25
- The UNC debacle was the turning point - Fisher01 - 12:25pm 8/15/25
- Yep. The lesson is fight don't accept responsibility. Let's get those vacated wins back. [NT]
- LanceManion - 12:32pm 8/15/25
- Would love to have them back for the University...but not for Kelly... - TakethetrainKnute - 5:06pm 8/15/25
- That's the crazy part. ND's record was affected, but not Kelly's. His record reflects all his wins [NT] - Irish_Demon - 7:00pm 8/15/25
- Would love to have them back for the University...but not for Kelly... - TakethetrainKnute - 5:06pm 8/15/25
- Yep. The lesson is fight don't accept responsibility. Let's get those vacated wins back. [NT]
- LanceManion - 12:32pm 8/15/25
- NCAA's lawyer is an ND man. Maybe if he had gone to law school there, he'd have some integrity, - LanceManion - 12:01pm 8/15/25