Moravian AD Scot Dapp Leads NCAA Football Committee in Proposed Rules Changes

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- The NCAA Football Rules Committee met earlier this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and under the leadership of Moravian College Director of Athletics Scot Dapp, the committee has recommended several rules changes to enhance the safety for student-athletes beginning with the 2012 season.  Despite it being a non-rules change year, which occurs every other year, the changes can begin with the 2012 season since they deal with the safety of student-athletes.

"In all of our proposals, we are continuing the annual effort to find ways to make our game safer where we can," said Dapp to NCAA.com. "Without question, these changes will enhance student-athlete safety and we feel very comfortable based on the data we collected that the impact will be significant."

To view the entire article on the proposed rules changes, visit – http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2012-02-09/committee-proposes-new-rules

Dapp was named Moravian's Director of Athletics & Recreation on Friday, July 1, 2011.  Dapp stepped down as head football coach to accept the position after a 24-year coaching tenure that was the most successful period in Moravian football annals: two trips to the NCAA Championship Tournament, including a berth in the 1988 South Region title game, Middle Atlantic Conference champions in 1988, and Commonwealth League champs in 1993, the school's first four berths in ECAC Championship games, playing in the Southeast game in 2002 and 2010 and the Southwest game in 2004, 2005 and 2008 with wins in 2005 and 2010, a string of 11 consecutive winning seasons—the longest streak in school history—in his first 11 years and a 24-year record of 144-103-1.

A 1973 graduate of West Chester University (health and physical education), Dapp earned his master's degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also is a National Athletic Trainers Association-certified trainer. He continues to maintain his certification and recently was a featured speaker at the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association convention in Boston, MA.  He also served as an assistant softball coach for at Moravian from 1994-2004.

In 2006, Dapp completed his term as President of the American Football Coaches Association, having been voted on the Board of Trustees in 1999.  Dapp was the 81st President of the Association and only the fifth Division III coach at that time to hold that position in the 83 years of the organization.

Also in 2006, Dapp served as an assistant coach for the East squad at the annual Hula Bowl College All-Star game in Honolulu, Hawaii, and he received the John Whitehead Award at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic for his contribution to the game of football. In 2002, Dapp was recognized by the All-American Football Foundation with the John Vaught Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding performance in the profession, and in 2007, Dapp was honored with the Outstanding Association President Award by the All-American Football Foundation. Dapp was inducted into the Boyertown Area High School Hall of Fame in 2008.

He has been a member of the NCAA Football Rules Committee for three years, serving as chair for the past two years. His term will expire in September of this year. He also currently serves on the NCAA Committee for Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.

 Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Moravian partners with students to build a strong foundation for their future. Visit the College's Web site at www.moravian.edu and the Athletics Web site at moraviansports.com.