Catch WVU athletic director Shane Lyons if you can.
He's in his office. Or inducting school Hall of Fame figures. Or at Big 12 athletic directors meetings in Dallas.
It's as if he were on a fast break back in his basketball days at Parkersburg High. Yet as swiftly as he moves, so too does the currents of his challenges. And some of those challenges are serious.
Right now, for instance, the Big 12 is considering a rule that would ban schools from accepting athletes who have engaged in violent and sexual misconduct. It is already on the road to adopting the rule for transfers.
"We have to look at this," Lyons said. "We have to do our due diligence. I feel we already do it though."
The league could be the first to implement a rule dealing with incoming freshman. It was prodded to recommend a rule regarding transfers after an ugly incident involving a Baylor player. Sam Ukwuachu was released from Boise State and admitted into Baylor. Last month he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a female BU soccer player.
"Obviously, this started with the transfer situation," Lyons said. "But we thought while we were at transfers, we should look at the freshman situation.
"We think if there's some misconduct - serious misconduct - we need to make sure of our due diligence. We don't want to bring anybody on campus that could do harm to other students on campus."
Lyons may be more sensitive than others with two children closing in on college age.
"That's what we've been studying: Are we going through the proper procedures and letting the administration know, rather than just the coaching staff knowing?" he asked. "Are we working through every part of our campus? That's what this is trying to get at and I feel comfortable with it. I feel we are already doing all we can and that's why I feel comfortable with it."
He was asked about the WVU vetting process.
"You have to ask the questions," he said. "If there are issues out there, we want the coaching staff to say, 'Hey, this is what we know. Do you need to look into it further?' Then we need to make sure we check all the boxes.
"I've been places before where I've seen information difficult to get, especially with freshmen that were juveniles. But with sexual misconduct or sexual violence, you need to find out about someone accused. You need to dig into it to really find out what it's about. You need to really vet the process."
Lyons said he doesn't foresee adding staff to deal with the process.
"It's not very many [situations] compared to all being recruited," said the athletic director. "You have your compliance staff and your coaching staff and student affairs staff ... But you're probably talking very small numbers. You may only have one situation every couple of years."
One issue that could come up a lot, however, has to do with gambling - at least the fantasy version via outlets like DraftKings and FanDuel.
"We talked about it in our Division I-A athletic directors meetings and carried it over to Big 12 meetings," Lyons said. "You see all the fantasy sports leagues and commercials on TV. That's raised concern from us about our relationship to our TV partners. Are we promoting gambling? Some say it's gambling. Some say it's a skill.
"It's something we'll continue to look at."
Word is ex-WVU athletic director and current NCAA executive vice president of regulatory affairs Oliver Luck told SEC officials recently "any athlete found to be gambling on college sports (includes daily fantasy) automatically loses a year of eligibility."
"I think you're splitting hairs a little bit," Lyons said. "But I'd rather not have it as part of college athletics. I think it entices young audiences, especially 18- to 25-year olds. It entices them to join the fantasy leagues and put it on credit cards. It's tough."
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Lyons also has been dealing with issues not so heavy. One was WVU's Sports Hall of Fame inductions this past Saturday. I asked the AD if he imagined he'd ever do so for Bobby Bowden.
"I never dreamed it in a million years," Lyons said. "What a legend. I met Bobby years ago when I was in the ACC. It was one of those 'wow' moments. He's been something special and to be able to induct him into a hall of fame is something special. Unreal."
Lyons also inked a deal to put the Backyard Brawl back on WVU's football schedule beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025.
Some eyebrows have been raised since the agreement was forged though. Pitt AD Scott Barnes has said the following:
"Our priority was to try and lock in Penn State as much as we could, as often as we could. The second priority was West Virginia."
"It is what it is," Lyons replied. "I'm not worried about what he's doing. I'm worried about what I'm doing. I understand his fan base is looking at Penn State just because it's instate. My goal was to have Pitt and I got Pitt."
Lyons said the response over the announcement has been positive.
"I've received a lot of good feedback," said the AD. "The only drawback is the waiting period. Seven years is a long time. But getting them on the schedule is what's most important and we did."