The Big 12 board of directors has agreed to a contract extension for conference commissioner Brett Yormark, sources briefed confirmed to The Athletic on Tuesday. The three-year extension will run through 2030 and extends the original five-year contract Yormark signed when he was hired by the Big 12 in 2022.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has agreed to a contract extension with the Big 12 that will take him through 2030, a source confirmed to CBS Sports. The contract is a three-year extension on his initial five-year deal signed when he took over the conference in 2022.

The former entertainment executive engineered a six-year television contract extension with ESPN and Fox valued at $2.28 billion and shepherded the move of Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and