Sources - Big 12 agrees to commissioner Brett Yormark extension - ESPN

The Big 12's board of directors has agreed to a three-year contract extension with commissioner Brett Yormark, sources told ESPN.

Yormark's extension will run through 2030. He'd originally agreed in 2022 to a five-year deal through 2027.

The Big 12 presidents are rewarding Yormark's work stabilizing and modernizing the Big 12 in the wake of the Oklahoma and Texas announcing their departures in 2021.

Yormark took over for Bob Bowlsby in 2022, and he led two signature moves for the league — a new television deal and a four-school expansion. His early declaration of the Big 12 being «open for business» has served as a fitting mantra for a tenure that's been highlighted by his constant pursuit of dealmaking.

Yormark has done considerable work in upgrading the experience and feel of both the Big 12 football and basketball championships, helping elevate those events. The Big 12 also added a conferencewide football pro day under Yormark, the first of its kind in college sports.

The aggressive pursuit and consummation of a new television deal is Yormark's biggest moment as commissioner. Early on in his tenure in the summer of 2022, he prioritized and achieved early negotiations with Fox and ESPN more than a year before the exclusive negotiating window. A few months later, the Big 12 agreed to a six-year, $2.28 billion deal.

By going to the table early, the Big 12 positioned itself ahead of the Pac-12, which proved an inflection point in the Pac-12's spiral.

The Pac-12's weakness and failure to land a television deal of significant heft led to the Big 12 luring Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah as members. Yormark led that charge in July and August of 2023.

Along with the addition of those four schools, he helped oversee