DUBLIN, Ohio. – The University of Pittsburgh recently retained The Team: Sports, Entertainment, and Media to assist with its NCAA Division I Athletics Certification process.

As part of its duties, The Team will provide a review and assessment of the athletic department’s self study and assist it with its self study responses and feedback to the NCAA staff and Committee on Athletics Certification.

“We are very excited about the opportunity to assist Pitt with its certification process,” said Frank Pergolizzi, Director of The Team’s Collegiate Services Division. “This type of consulting assignment is an example of how our very young Collegiate Services Division can be of service to some of America’s finest educational institutions, providing them with meaningful support and expertise.”

Pergolizzi spent nearly two decades as an NCAA Division I Director of Athletics, most recently at Southeastern Louisiana University. He also had stints as an Athletics Director at East Tennessee State University and Saint Francis (Pa.) College.

Among his many NCAA committee appointments, Pergolizzi served as a member of the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification and has also been active on NCAA Certification Peer Reviews.

The Team: Sports, Entertainment, & Media's Collegiate Services Division, launched in July 2006, offers an array of products and services to college athletics administrators, including certification consultation, strategic planning, program review, feasibility studies, gender equity and compliance consulting, and financial services.

Based in Dublin, Ohio, The Team began operations in January 2002 and has successfully managed transactions for an array of entities throughout the sports and entertainment industries, including teams at all levels, venues, buyers, sellers, licensed products, television and media projects, feature films, and other related businesses.

Along with brokering professional sports and entertainment opportunities, The Team also offers comprehensive consulting services to sports and entertainment organizations throughout North America.