Chuck Neinas
Charles Merrill Neinas was an American sports administrator who was commissioner of the Big Eight Conference from 1971 to 1980. Neinas also served as interim commissioner of the Big 12 Conference from 2011 to 2012. He was the 1996 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award winner. Neinas was born in Wisconsin on January 18, 1932, and died on December 16, 2025, at the age of 93.