Mike Tranghese
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Michael "Mike" Tranghese was the commissioner of the Big East Conference
and helped create the conference as founder Dave Gavitt
's right-hand man in 1979.
Tranghese retired as commissioner in the spring of 2009. John Marinatto
succeeded him as commissioner.
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
and helped create the conference as founder Dave Gavitt
Dave Gavitt
David "Dave" Gavitt was a American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island...
's right-hand man in 1979.
Tranghese retired as commissioner in the spring of 2009. John Marinatto
John Marinatto
John Marinatto is the commissioner of the Big East Conference. He served as senior associate commissioner of the Big East from 2002 until he began his tenure as third commissioner of the conference on July 1, 2009....
succeeded him as commissioner.