The Pac-12 announced Wednesday that it has agreed to part ways with commissioner Larry Scott on June 30 and that a search for his replacement will begin immediately.
Scott’s contract was going to expire in 2022, but the conference said the decision to move on from him was made now to “allow a new commissioner to be in place to negotiate and maximize the Conference’s next important long-term media rights agreement.”
Scott has been commissioner since 2009, when he took over for Tom Hansen. Scott is responsible for expanding the conference to 12 schools by adding Utah and Colorado, moving the conference’s headquarters to San Francisco, and creating the Pac-12 Network, which has drawn plenty of criticism for its lack of accessibility.