Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany will be retiring at the conclusion of his contract in June 2020, the conference announced Monday.
"It’s been an amazing opportunity to serve and lead these preeminent institutions, presidents, administrators, coaches and students," Delany said.
Delany, by far the longest-serving commissioner at a Power 5 conference, has been Big Ten Commissioner since 1989. Delany played basketball and attended law school at North Carolina. After a spell working for the NCAA, he moved on to become the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner before getting the top job at the Big Ten.
During his tenure, the Big Ten added Penn State (1990), Nebraska (2011), Maryland (2014) and Rutgers (2014), expanding to its present total of 14 members.