After a three year stay at Virginia Commonwealth, Christian Pope has been named the Associate Athletics Director for Compliance at Campbell University.

"We are excited to have Chris Pope join the Campbell Athletics Department family," said Campbell Director of Athletics Stan Williamson. "Chris has a strong compliance background from various NCAA Division I institutions. Chris is a tireless worker who is also a dedicated family man who we believe will be a great fit for Buies Creek and Campbell University. We are looking forward to the contributions Chris and his family will make to our university and community."

At VCU, Pope served as the Assistant Director of Athletics for Student Services from 2007-10, administering the university's compliance office and its initiatives for all varsity sports. Pope spearheaded rules education, NCAA interpretations and administration. Pope also created the university's compliance manual, and authored VCU's first student-athlete code of conduct during his time in Richmond.

"I am really fortunate to have been asked to join the staff here at Campbell University," said Pope. "The nucleus of staff and coaches alike make this place unique in that all are pulling for the common good of the student and the community and that is rare when compared to so many others. In regard to my working career, I have had the opportunity to work for a few that are comparable but none are in my home state of North Carolina. It's good to be home again."

Prior to VCU, the 1989 University of North Carolina graduate was the Director of Compliance at Indiana from February 2006-January 2007, monitoring all compliance efforts for the Hoosiers' 26 sports programs.

From 1999 until 2006, Pope served as the Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance at Murray State, continuing with dual reporting lines to the University President and Director of Athletics as well as administration of all aspects of the university's compliance efforts for all varsity sports and student-athletes including: interpretations of NCAA and OVC Conference legislation, maintenance of scholarship limits, process of National Letter of Intent, recruiting monitoring, rules education for coaches, staff, athletes and boosters, oversight of the eligibility process, performing investigative duties for the university, and serving as liaison to NCAA and legal counsel regarding enforcement matters.

In a three year stint from March 1996-July 1999, Pope was the Director of Compliance at the University of Rhode Island. In Kingston, Pope upheld dual reporting lines to the University President and Director of Athletics and oversaw all aspects of the university's compliance efforts for all varsity sports and student-athletes including: interpretations of NCAA and Atlantic 10 Conference legislation, maintenance of scholarship limits, the process of National Letter of Intent, recruiting monitoring, rules education for coaches, staff, athletes and boosters, oversight of the eligibility process and investigative duties for the university. Pope also served as liaison to NCAA and legal counsel regarding enforcement matters.

Pope also spent time as an Assistant Director of Athletics / Compliance at Chicago State (1994-96) and as a Compliance Intern and Game Operations Manager at Georgia Southern (1993-94). Pope completed his master's work at GSU in 1994, and completed work in the Sports Management Institute Executive Program at the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and at South Carolina in 2005.

Pope is a member of the National Association of Athletics Compliance Coordinators (NAAC), the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).

He is married to the former Bonita Benear of Paxton, Ill. The Pope's have two daughters, Taylor (14) and Morgan (11).