Virginia Union University Athletic Director Joe Taylor has been appointed as one of five new members of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.

Joining him as new members on the committee are Mitch Barnhart, athletic director at the University of Kentucky; Boo Corrigan, athletic director at North Carolina State University; Chris Del Conte, athletic director at the University of Texas; and Will Shields, former All-American player at the University of Nebraska.

The new members will begin serving a three-year term this spring. They replace five men whose terms had expired.

Taylor is vice president for intercollegiate athletics and community wellness at VUU, where he has served since 2013. The native of Washington, D.C., posted a 233-96-4 record in head coaching stints at Howard, Virginia Union, Hampton University and Florida A&M University.

He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Black College Football Hall of Fame. He also is a former president of the American Football Coaches Association.