Sport Administrative Contact: Football, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Baseball
Greg Walter joined the Ohio Valley Conference staff as the league's Associate Commissioner for Football, Basketball and Baseball in August 2023.
In his role Walter serves as a member of the OVC’s senior leadership team and is the primary administrator for the sports of football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball. Among his duties, he serves as the tournament director for the OVC Basketball and Baseball Championships, has oversight of the officiating programs and develops playing schedules.
In addition to his role at the OVC, Walter also concurrently serves as the Commissioner of the Pioneer Football League (PFL); he was named only the second Commissioner in the league's history on August 1, 2023.
He was previously an Associate Commissioner with the PFL from 2013 through 2023. In that role he oversaw regulatory matters, developed league schedules and conducted a comprehensive study of the league’s financial aid policies.
Walter also served as an Associate Commissioner for the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC), beginning that role in 2012. In his tenure with the MVFC, he was involved in all strategic initiatives and governance groups, overseen negotiation of the league’s next television agreement and developed a six-year scheduling and policy framework following recent membership changes.
From 2012 to 2021, Walter served as associate commissioner for the Missouri Valley Conference, where he was involved with all levels of governance and strategic decision-making. He helped co-led the development and implementation of the MVC’s 2015 strategic plan and led benchmarking and goal-setting initiatives conducted by governance bodies and coaches’ group across all sports.
Walter was also assistant commissioner of the Summit League from 2008-11, served as associate director of compliance for the Big Ten (2005-07) and as a compliance officer at the University of Utah (2004-05).
He has served on the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee (2020-21), the Division I Council (2017-19), the Division I Legislative Committee (2017-20), the Division I Interpretations Committee (2016-20) and the Enforcement Interpretations Process Working Group (2019-20).
Walter completed a bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University in 2000 and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2003.