On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that he was creating a presidential commission on college athletics. The commission aims to investigate and report on the out-of-control NIL practices that many feel threaten the college sports landscape.
Texas Tech super-booster Cody Campbell will join Nick Saban on President Donald Trump’s commission to examine college athletics. They will be co-chairing the commission.
Who is Cody Campbell?
Campbell is the co-chief executive officer and co-founder of Double Eagle Energy Holdings, whose headquarters are in Fort Worth. Double Eagle is an upstream E&P company that has been one of the most active participants in the Permian Basin over the last decade, assembling hundreds of thousands of acres and completing billions of dollars in transactions.
Texas Tech NIL collective founder Cody Campbell, who sold his oil and natural gas company, Double Eagle, for $4.1 billion, will be the co-commisioner with Nick Saban, sources tell @On3sports. https://t.co/ubS2KjjbXO
— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) May 8, 2025
Campbell graduated with honors from Texas Tech University’s (TTU) Rawls College of Business, earning bachelor’s degrees in finance and economics and a master’s in finance. A fourth-generation Red Raider, Campbell comes from many Texas Tech graduates, including his grandmother and his great-grandfather.
Campbell was a four-year letterman on the offensive line for the TTU football team from 2001-04, earning multiple All-Big 12 and Academic All-Big 12 honors. He went on to play in the Hula Bowl and Gridiron Classic all-star games before spending two seasons in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts after his college career.
In 2019, Gov. About appointed him to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and is a member of the board of directors of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the Board of Trustees of All Saints’ Episcopal School of Fort Worth and president and board member of Double Eagle Charities, Inc. Campbell served on the Rawls College Advisory Council for three years (2011-14) and was named a Rawls College Distinguished Alumnus for 2019.
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Campbell went into the oil business and made a fortune. In February 2025, Campbell and his partner sold their Double Eagle firm for $4 billion. Campbell’s wife, Tara, is also a Texas Tech graduate, and the pair share four children.
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