James Edward Delany was born on 1948 and is the former commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, a role in which he had served from 1989 until 2020.
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10 Facts About Jim Delany
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Jim Delany is regarded among college athletics as having been influential in the creation of the Bowl Championship Series and its maintenance.
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Jim Delany grew up in South Orange, New Jersey and attended Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey.
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Jim Delany attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1970.
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Jim Delany remained at North Carolina for law school, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1973.
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From 1973 to 1974, Jim Delany was employed as counsel to the North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Jim Delany remained in this position for four years before moving on to the Ohio Valley Conference as its commissioner.
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Jim Delany remained commissioner of that conference until 1989 when he was appointed commissioner of the Big Ten Conference.
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Jim Delany opposed the idea of a college football playoff system, arguing that a playoff would diminish the value of regular season games.
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Jim Delany is married to Catherine Fisher Jim Delany, with whom he has two sons, Newman McMurray and James Chancellor.
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