Sources: Vikes COO Big Ten's 1st black commish

Minnesota Vikings chief operating officer Kevin Warren is expected to be introduced Tuesday as the next commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, sources told ESPN.

Warren already has informed the Vikings that he is planning to take the job and he is in Chicago tonight, ready for Tuesday's press conference, per sources.

Warren, 55, would become the first black commissioner of a Power Five conference. He would replace longtime Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, who in March announced his plans to retire in 2020 after 30 years with the league.

In March, the Sun Belt Conference hired former Atlantic 10 executive associate commissioner Keith Gill, who became the first black commissioner of a Football…