A member of Quinnipiac's athletic department since 1978, Bill Mecca is in his 12th year as Senior Associate Athletic Director. In his present role, Mecca is responsible for all internal operations of the department, including supervision of scheduling, facilities, game officials, game operations and sports medicine. A 1978 graduate of Niagara University, Mecca earned a bachelors degree in business administration while playing four years of basketball under long time Utah Jazz president Frank Layden. Mecca has fulfilled a variety of roles in his tenure at Quinnipiac. For his continued success as a leader in the department of athletics, Mecca was inducted into the Quinnipiac Hall of Fame in 2009. From 1978-91, he was an assistant men's basketball coach, head men's tennis coach, and assistant director of athletics under the legendary Burt Kahn. In 1991, Mecca was named head men's basketball coach and served five seasons before being promoted to his current role. In his spare time, Mecca provides radio and television color analysis for the Quinnipiac men's and women's basketball games, as well as the sideline report for men's ice hockey, on AM 1220 WQUN, WCTX-TV and NESN. In 2009, Mecca began a new venture with Quinnipiac as the co-host of the Emmy Nominated "Bobcats Unleashed in HD".