Background
Scott, Larry was born on November 21, 1964 in New York City.
sports association administrator
Scott, Larry was born on November 21, 1964 in New York City.
A speaker of French, Scott graduated in 1986 from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in European History.
He has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the and as President and chief operating officer of, a division of the Association of Tennis Professionals. While at Harvard, he was captain of the tennis team and named as an All-American tennis player. As a professional tennis player, Scott reached a career-high singles ranking of Number.
210 and doubles ranking of Number.
69 in the world.
Following his retirement as a professional tennis player, Scott spent a decade serving as President and chief operating officer of, a division of the Association of Tennis Professionals. During his time in Association of Tennis Professionals management, Scott put together a lucrative partnership between the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Swiss marketing company ISL.
Scott became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the on April 16, 2003.
While at the Women's Tennis Association, Scott oversaw a fivefold increase in sponsorship money and a 250% increase in total revenue. This included the largest sponsorship in the history of women"s athletics, a six-year, $88-million deal with Sony Ericsson.
Scott also successfully formed sponsorships with Whirlpool, Gatorade, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
Prize money increased 40% during Scott"s time with the Women's Tennis Association. Scott was an advocate for equal pay. Before Scott"s tenure, two of the four Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon and the French Open, awarded less prize money to women than to mentor Scott successfully lobbied for the increase of women"s prize money at Wimbledon and the French Open to be equal to that of men"s prize money, so that men"s and women"s prize money are now equal at all Grand Slam events.
Scott also oversaw new investments of $710 million in tennis stadiums.
In February 2009, Israeli tennis player Shahar Pe"er was denied a visa, on the basis of her nationality, by the United Arab Emirates. Consequently, she was unable to play in the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships.
Foreign this, Scott had the Women's Tennis Association levy a $300,000 fine against the tournament organizers. On March 24, 2009, Scott announced that he was resigning as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the in order to take up a new position as the Commissioner of the collegiate on July 1, 2009.
He succeeded the retiring Tom Hansen.
On February 9, 2010, Scott announced that the Pac-10 would be considering expanding to twelve schools. The Pac-10 Conference officially became the following the addition of Colorado and Utah on July 1, 2011. The inaugural Pac-12 Football Championship Game took place in Eugene, Oregon on December 2, 2011.