Big 12 Conference Commissioner Brett Yormark is departing his role after four years leading the collegiate athletic conference, according to a report by Schuyler Dixon for Yahoo Sports on October 30, 2026. Yormark's tenure was characterized as a period of transformational change for the conference.
The announcement marks the end of Yormark's four-year stint at the helm of the Power Five conference. Details regarding his successor or the specific timing of the transition were not immediately disclosed in the initial report.



