Charles Duane Baker Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American politician serving as the sixth president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023, and held two cabinet positions under two of the state's previous governors.

Mar 1, 2023 · Charlie Baker assumed the duties as the NCAA's sixth president on March 1, 2023. He was hired for the position on Dec. 15, 2022, as he neared the conclusion of his term as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts.

Dec 15, 2022 · The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) today announced that Charlie Baker, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will serve as the next NCAA President, assuming the role effective March 2023.

Apr 1, 2024 · Baker is holding out hope for a literal act of Congress, which would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption. This would give the organization more legal freedom to set its own rules on college sports.

Feb 24, 2024 · Charlie Baker spoke Friday in Washington, D.C., as federal judge issued a preliminary injunction that suspends NCAA's name, image, likeness rules.

May 30, 2024 · A $2.8 billion settlement reached between the NCAA and five major conferences has paved the way for schools to pay athletes directly for playing. NCAA President Charlie Baker discusses the...

Dec 21, 2023 · NCAA President Charlie Baker is drawing on lessons learned during his eight years as a Republican governor in a Massachusetts dominated by Democrats as he tries to help the college athletic association navigate increasingly choppy political waters.

Mar 1, 2023 · Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker did a 30-minute interview with The Associated Press just days before he officially began his new job as NCAA president.

Jan 10, 2024 · Nearing the end of his first State of College Sports address Wednesday, NCAA President Charlie Baker shared with a packed theater at the NCAA Convention in Phoenix the simplest advice he has learned from his 95-year-old father: "It's not going to fix itself."

Jan 11, 2024 · NCAA president Charlie Baker is trying to execute a political process. It’s a playbook he knows quite well as the former governor of Massachusetts. That is the impetus behind the letter he...