Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving his role this year, per a release from the conference.
Bowlsby has served as commissioner for the last 10 years, making him the longest-tenured person in that role in a Power 5 conference.
“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 the statement.