Pac-12 parts ways with commissioner George Kliavkoff: Announcement on new leadership coming next week

The Pac-12 and commissioner George Kliavkoff have mutually agreed to part ways, the conference announced Friday. According to a statement from the league, Kliavkoff’s final day will bey February 29 with an announcement concerning new leadership coming sometime next week. The news comes as 10 programs prepare to exit the conference this summer. Teresa Gould, the conference’s deputy commissioner, has been targeted as Kliavkoff’s replacement, according to Yahoo Sports. 

The change in leadership is hardly a surprise given the effective dissolution of the West Coast’s premier athletic conference, which leaves Oregon State and Washington State battling for their future. In December, the Washington Supreme Court granted the two remaining programs — unofficially known as the “Pac-2” — control of the conference and all of its assets after some back-and-forth with the departing 10 schools. 

“The Pac-12 Conference Board has given the departing 10 schools notice of a proposed leadership transition with an invitation to provide comment,” the Pac-12 said in a Tuesday statement. “We expect to provide more information following a decision in the coming days.” 

Kliavkoff, a former lawyer who held front-office positions with the MLB and MGM Resorts International, was announced as Pac-12 commissioner in 2021. In May 2022, the Pac-12 sustained its first big blow of Kliavkoff’s tenure when USC and UCLA — two of the conference’s most prolific institutions — announced they were leaving for the Big Ten at the start of the 2024-25 athletic calendar. 

Other schools eventually followed suit. In the summer of 2023, it was revealed that Oregon and Washington would follow to the Big Ten while Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado announced their move…

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Author : Will Backus

Publish date : 2024-02-16 19:54:54

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