years_active birth_place article_title birth_date residence image employer education name occupation
2002-2015 utica , new york michael slive
 26 july 1940 birmingham , alabama michaelslive.jpg southeastern conference b.a. , 1965 ll.m. , georgetown , 1966 , dartmouth college , 1962 j.d. , virginia michael slive commissioner
michael slive

michael lawrence `` mike '' slive -lrb- born july 26 , 1940 -rrb- is an american attorney and college sports executive .
slive is the former commissioner of the southeastern conference -lrb- sec -rrb- , a college athletics association .
as part of his role as the sec commissioner , he served as the coordinator of the bowl championship series for the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons .
he was a member of the ncaa division i men 's basketball committee through september 2009 and served as the chairman of the committee for the 2008 -- 09 academic year.he has announced that he will retire july 31 , 2015 as sec commissioner .
