Longtime UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero will retire in July, the school announced Thursday.
Guerrero, 67, has led the department since 2002, and is the second-longest tenured sitting Power 5 athletic director.
UC Regents voted Thursday to extend Guerrero's contract, which was set to run out in December, through July 1, 2020, at the request of UCLA chancellor Gene Block. The school cited Block's desire for Guerrero to remain on board through the end of the academic year to ease the transition process.
"Two significant changes in my life over the past 18 months led me to this decision after much consideration and discussion with my family and the Chancellor," Guerrero said in a statement.