The Pac-12 has appointed Teresa Gould, the league’s deputy commissioner, as its new commissioner starting March 1.
Gould, who takes over for George Kliavkoff, will turn out to be the primary girl to be commissioner of a Energy 5 convention. She was appointed by the presidents of Washington State and Oregon State, who make up the Pac-12 board due to the approaching departures of the league’s six different members to the Large Ten, Large 12 and ACC. In December, the 2 faculties obtained full management of the league’s decision-making after settling a authorized dispute with the ten different members.
The Pac-12 final week introduced it was parting methods with Kliavkoff, who took over as commissioner in Could 2021.
“Teresa’s deep information of collegiate athletics and unwavering dedication to student-athletes makes her uniquely certified to assist information the Pac-12 Convention throughout this era of unprecedented change in faculty sports activities,” Washington State president Kirk Schulz stated in an announcement issued Monday. “As the primary feminine commissioner of an Autonomy 5 convention, Teresa will be capable of carry new views and contemporary concepts to the desk because the business works to seek out its approach by way of this shifting panorama.”
Washington State and Oregon State have entered a soccer scheduling partnership with the Mountain West, and shall be affiliate members of the West Coast Convention in 12 sports activities for the following two athletic seasons. The Pac-12 will “sponsor choose sports activities, signal media rights partnerships, and produce dwell occasions and content material.”
Gould joined the Pac-12 in 2018 and oversaw the league’s championship occasions, in addition to compliance, governance and operations. She beforehand labored as an administrator at Cal and served as interim athletic director in 2015 and 2016.