Irving, Texas – Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has received a three-year contract extension through 2030, the conference confirmed Tuesday.
ESPN first reported the Big 12 board of directors agreed to extend his original five-year contract, which was set to expire in 2027.
Yormark was CEO of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment company when he was hired to take over for Bob Bowlsby in 2022.
Yormark landed a six-year television contract extension with ESPN and Fox valued at $2.28 billion and shepherded the move of Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah to the Big 12 following the disintegration of the Pac-12. He also oversaw the Bowlsby-negotiated move of BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF into the Big 12 in 2023.
CFP committee additions
Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen and longtime administrator Jeff Long have been appointed to the College Football Playoff selection committee, CFP executive director Rich Clark announced.
Dannen will replace Damon Evans, who recently became athletic director at SMU. Long will serve a one-year term, replacing Steve Weiberg, who stepped down from the committee for personal reasons.
Long, a consultant with ISE and Trenchcoat Advisors, returns to the committee after having served from 2014-18, including as the initial chairman in 2014-15. He spent 22 years as an athletic director at Eastern Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Arkansas and Kansas. Long was also active in NCAA governance.
Long was an assistant AD at Michigan from 1988-98.
Dannen is in his second year at Nebraska following a short stint at Washington and eight years at Tulane. He served from 2021-23 on the NCAA Constitution Committee and the Division I Transformation Committee. He also previously served as the chair of the NCAA Football Competition Committee and was an executive committee member of the Football Oversight Committee.
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