Commissioner of SEC
•Full Name: Michael Lawrence Slive
•Birthday: July 26, 1940 (71 years old)
•College: Undergrad @ Dartmouth, Grad @ University ofVirginia, and Law School @ Georgetown
•Past Experience:
•Assistant Director of Athletics – Dartmouth College (1968-1969)
•Assistant Executive Director – Pacific-10 Conference (1979-1981)
•Director of Athletics – Cornell (1981-1983)
•Commissioner – Great Midwest Conference (1991-1995)
•Commissioner – Conference USA (1995-2002)
•Commissioner – Southeastern Conference (2002- )
•NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee (2004- )
•Bowl Championship Series Coordinator (2006- )
•Division I Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group (2007- )
•Currently consists of Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida,Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, SouthCarolina, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt.
•Effective July 1st the SEC will be adding University of Missouriand Texas A&M.
•Dating back to 2006, the BCS National Championship game hasbeen won by a school from the SEC.
•2011 – Alabama defeated LSU
•2010 – Auburn defeated Oregon
•2009 – Alabama defeated Texas
•2008 – Florida defeated Oklahoma
•2007 – LSU defeated Ohio State
•2006 – Florida defeated Ohio State
•Slive is in favor of changing the BCS to consist of a playoffbetween the top four teams, regardless of conference
•The SEC is the most widely distributed conference in the nation,with broadcast rights agreements with CBS and ESPN throughthe year 2023-2024.
•The SEC Digital Network provides fans with on-demand accessto games and hightlights.
•Sirius/XM Satellite Radio also provides coverage to every SECfootball, men’s basketball, and select women’s basketballgames through the year 2012
•The SEC is sponsored by
