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Slive to retire as SEC commissioner
Mike Slive has served as Southeastern Conference commissioner for 13 years.
Mike Slive will retire as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference on July 31, 2015, he announced Tuesday.
“I have been blessed in more ways than I can count and I will have as much passion for this job on my last day as I did on my first,” Slive, 74, said in a press release. “I consider my health situation a temporary detour in a remarkable road that has allowed me to meet amazing people, experience incredible events and celebrate historic victories. I will relish my final year in this position and look forward to being the biggest fan of the SEC for many years to come.”
Slive also stated he is beginning treatment for a recurrence of prostate cancer for which he was treated in the late 1990s.
Slive, who served as commissioner for 13 years, will remain on as a consultant to the conference for four years following his retirement.
The SEC has won 67 national championships in 15 of its 21 sponsored sports during Slive's tenure.
A national search for his successor will begin this fall, said Nick Zeppos, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, who serves as chair of the SEC presidents and chancellors.
