Dec 17, 2014 10:57 AM EST By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter

Oliver Luck is in for a change of scenery, as he has reportedly agreed to leave his job as athletic director at West Virginia University (WVU) for one at the NCAA.

The Charleston Daily Mail was first to report Luck's decision and said he will be taking an executive vice president position at the NCAA's Indianapolis headquarters. If true, Luck, 54, would essentially be second-in-command to Mark Emmert, the NCAA's president.

Unnamed sources told the Mail on Wednesday that Luck's job would be heavily involved with crafting and reforming NCAA policies. The governing body of collegiate sports has numerous legal battles and taken plenty of criticism for its policies, so Luck figures to have his hands full right off the bat.

Luck served as a selection committee member for the inaugural College Football Playoff (CFP), but would likely have to give his seat up if he took a job with the NCAA. According to ESPN, an athletic director from a Big 12 school will have to replace Luck on next year's selection committee.

"Our group hasn't discussed the matter, but I don't envision a current NCAA employee being eligible to serve on the selection committee," CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN.

Luck received his undergraduate degree from WVU, where he played quarterback for the Mountaineers, and then he later received his law degree from the University of Texas. Luck played professional football, but only for four seasons without the kind of success his son Andrew is currently experiencing for the Indianapolis Colts.

Luck has been the WVU athletic director since Aug. 2010 and was rumored to be interested in the Texas AD job when it became available last year. Sources close to Luck told the Mail that since then he has kept an eye out for a high-ranking NCAA job.

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