John Swofford (born 1948) is currently the Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), one of the nation's premiere college sports conferences. He was born on December 6, 1948 in the small town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. At Wilkes Central High School he was the quarterback for the football team and twice selected to the all-state team. He received the prestigious Morehead Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also played for the football team. He holds a master's degree in Sports Management from Ohio University. From 1980 - 1997 he was the Athletic Director for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1997 he was named the Commissioner of the ACC. During his tenure he has doubled the ACC's annual revenue, served as Chairman of the Bowl Championship Series in college football in 2000 and 2001, and expanded the ACC to include Boston College, Virginia Tech, and the University of Miami. He and his family live in Greensboro, North Carolina, where the ACC has its headquarters. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... North Wilkesboro is a town located in Wilkes County, North Carolina. ... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shinning Rock Wilderness Area Blue Ridge Mountains (NPS) Most of the rocks that form the Blue Ridge Mountains, United States, are ancient granitic and metamorphosed volcanic formations, some exceeding one billion years in age. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ... Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre (7. ... The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a system which selects the college football matchups for five prestigious bowl games, called the BCS bowl games. ... This article is about Boston College; for the unaffiliated urban university see Boston University. ... This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ... The University of Miami, sometimes called UM or The U, is a private university, founded in 1925, with its main campus in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States. ... Downtown Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina, is a city in Guilford County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...