NCAA President Mark Emmert announces he will step down in June 2023

NCAA president Mark Emmert speaks at a news conference at the Target Center, site of of the Women’s Final Four NCAA tournament Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Minneapoils. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A change at the top of the NCAA is coming in June 2023.

Mark Emmert, president of the organization that runs college athletics since 2010, announced Tuesday he will step down from the position in June 2023.

NCAA President Mark Emmert steps down, effective June 2023: https://t.co/1HQRB2gHl9 pic.twitter.com/8lAPm5RdYn

— Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) April 26, 2022

Emmert had just reached an extension with the NCAA a year ago that ran through 2025.

Almost exactly one year ago, the NCAA’s Board of Governors extended Mark Emmert through Dec. 2025 in a 9pm news dump.

ADs, commissioners, coaches … everyone was livid. I wrote this a year ago about him as the leader of the collegiate model: https://t.co/JLGJrTBIW7 pic.twitter.com/qmULHPNAdE

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) April 26, 2022

Emmert is the fifth president of the NCAA in its history, with previous stops as chancellor at LSU (1999-2004) and president at University of Washington from 2004-10.