The SEC announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with commissioner Greg Sankey that will keep Sankey at his post through at least 2028. Sankey, 58, has been the commissioner of the conference since 2015 when he replaced Mike Slive.
“I am grateful for the continued opportunity to serve and support the universities and student-athletes of the Southeastern Conference and I appreciate the confidence placed in me by the SEC’s presidents and chancellors,” Sankey said in a statement. “I look forward to working with the leaders of our member universities as we meet the challenges ahead for college athletics, seek to sustain the success of our Conference and fulfill our mission to provide our young people with the opportunity to grow academically and challenge themselves through elite competition.”
Sankey’s new contract was approved by the conference’s presidents and chancellors He has worked in an administrative role in the SEC since Slive hired him in 2002.