The NCAA announced on Tuesday that Senior Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer Jim Isch has been named interim president, replacing the late Myles Brand. According to an NCAA press release, no further details will be announced regarding the timetable to find a permanent successor to Brand until after the Executive Committee’s next scheduled meeting, Oct. 29 in Indianapolis.

“There are good days ahead for the [NCAA] because of this appointment,” announced Executive Committee Chair Michael Adams in a press releasee. Adams offered Isch his “complete and unqualified support,” adding “[Myles Brand] trusted the judgment of the appropriate committee, and the decision was ours alone.”

Isch, an Army veteran, was part of a four-person leadership team that helped direct the NCAA while Brand was sidelined with pancreatic cancer. He served as Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at the University of Arkansas prior to joining the NCAA in 1998.