Change is coming in the Big 12.
The conference announced Tuesday that commissioner Bob Bowlsby will “step away” from his role later this year. Bowlsby will serve as commissioner until his successor is found and then move into a “new interim role” with the conference.
Bowlsby, 70, has been the Big 12’s commissioner since 2012. He previously worked as the athletic director at Northern Iowa, Iowa and Stanford.
“After more than 40 years of serving in leadership roles in intercollegiate athletics, including the last 10 with the Big 12, and given the major issues that college sports in general and the Big 12 specifically will address in the next several years, I have reached a natural transition point in my tenure as Commissioner, as well as in my career,” Bowlsby said in a statement.
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby will step away from his role later this year. (Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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