Kerry Kenny

Chief Operating Officer

Kerry Kenny is chief operating officer for the Big Ten Conference, having been elevated to that position in June 2023. Kenny is a member of the Big Ten Conference senior leadership team and is in his 16th year with the conference.

As COO, Kenny reports to Commissioner Tony Petitti and is responsible for all television/broadcast/media rights negotiations and execution, as well as oversight of content, digital and social media strategy. In addition, Kenny oversees the conference’s finance, operational legal and human resources (HR) departments.

Kenny has served the conference in a variety of roles – rules compliance, sport administration, public affairs, sport scheduling, and health and safety – since joining the Big Ten as an intern in August 2008. Most recently, he served as the senior vice president, television, media analytics and emerging platforms.

In April 2023, Kenny was named to Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 list, and in October 2020, he was named to The Athletic’s inaugural list of the 40 influential people in college basketball under the age of 40. 

A 2007 graduate of Lafayette College, Kenny earned a degree in economics and business and was a member of the men’s basketball team, serving as team captain in his senior year. As a student-athlete, Kenny also served as the Chair of the NCAA National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In that role, he represented the voices of more than 400,000 Division I student-athletes within the NCAA structure.

A native of Richboro, Pa., he currently resides in Connecticut with his wife, Mallory, and his daughter, Harper. After eight years based in the Big Ten Conference's New York City office, he will once again be based at the Big Ten's headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois, later this summer.

Last updated: 8/16/2023