MINNESOTA VIKINGS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER KEVIN WARREN EXPECTED TO BE NAMED NEW BIG TEN COMMISSIONER, PER REPORTS
Dan Hope on June 3, 2019 at 10:03 pm @dan_hope
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Minnesota Vikings chief operating officer Kevin Warren is expected to succeed Jim Delany as the Big Ten's new commissioner, according to multiple reports.
670 The Score's Mully and Haugh were the first to report that the Big Ten is expected to hire Warren, and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, ESPN's Adam Schefter, Yahoo's Pat Forde and The Athletic's Matt Fortuna have all reported the same.
The Big Ten is set to officially introduce its new commissioner in a press conference Tuesday at noon that will be televised on BTN.
Warren has been the Vikings' COO since Feb. 12, 2015, and is the highest-ranking African-American executive working on the business side of an NFL team. He is also an attorney of counsel for the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.
He would become the first African-American commissioner of a Power 5 collegiate conference.
Delany, who has been the Big Ten's commissioner since 1989, announced in March that he would retire at the end of his current contract, which expires on June 30, 2020.
Warren has spent the last 14 seasons with the Vikings, working his way up the organizational ladder. Before joining the Vikings, he worked with for the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, where he represented Vikings owner Zygi Wilf in his bid to purchase the team. He previously worked for the NFL's Detroit Lions and St. Louis Rams.
Warren started his career in sports law at Bond, Schoeneck & King, where he worked alongside former SEC commissioner Mike Slive to represent universities charged with NCAA violations. He later launched his own sports and entertainment agency, Kevin Warren & Associates, before moving into NFL front-office work.
Warren earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Grand Canyon University, where he was also a star basketball player, in 1986. He earned his MBA from Arizona State in 1988 and graduated from the Notre Dame Law School in 1990.
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Dan Hope on June 3, 2019 at 10:03 pm @dan_hope
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Minnesota Vikings chief operating officer Kevin Warren is expected to succeed Jim Delany as the Big Ten's new commissioner, according to multiple reports.
670 The Score's Mully and Haugh were the first to report that the Big Ten is expected to hire Warren, and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, ESPN's Adam Schefter, Yahoo's Pat Forde and The Athletic's Matt Fortuna have all reported the same.
The Big Ten is set to officially introduce its new commissioner in a press conference Tuesday at noon that will be televised on BTN.
Warren has been the Vikings' COO since Feb. 12, 2015, and is the highest-ranking African-American executive working on the business side of an NFL team. He is also an attorney of counsel for the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.
He would become the first African-American commissioner of a Power 5 collegiate conference.
Delany, who has been the Big Ten's commissioner since 1989, announced in March that he would retire at the end of his current contract, which expires on June 30, 2020.
Warren has spent the last 14 seasons with the Vikings, working his way up the organizational ladder. Before joining the Vikings, he worked with for the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, where he represented Vikings owner Zygi Wilf in his bid to purchase the team. He previously worked for the NFL's Detroit Lions and St. Louis Rams.
Warren started his career in sports law at Bond, Schoeneck & King, where he worked alongside former SEC commissioner Mike Slive to represent universities charged with NCAA violations. He later launched his own sports and entertainment agency, Kevin Warren & Associates, before moving into NFL front-office work.
Warren earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Grand Canyon University, where he was also a star basketball player, in 1986. He earned his MBA from Arizona State in 1988 and graduated from the Notre Dame Law School in 1990.
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