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Donnie Duncan, University of Oklahoma athletic director, listens as OU President David Boren announces during a Thursday, May 2, 1996, press conference at the university in Norman, Okla., that Duncan is leaving his current post to become the senior associate commissioner and director of football operations with the Big 12 Conference. Duncan served as senior associate commissioner and director of football operations for the Big 12 from 1996 until his retirement in 2010, and helped develop the conference title game.
Donnie Duncan, whose varied career in college sports included 10 years as Oklahoma's athletic director, died Sunday morning at his home in Dallas after a lengthy battle with cancer.