Wisconsin athletics director Chris McIntosh is leaving the school to become the Big Ten’s deputy commissioner for strategy, sources told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg on Sunday, confirming multiple reports.

McIntosh will work closely with commissioner Tony Petitti and the league’s senior staff, sources told Rittenberg.

“On one hand it’s very difficult for me to transition away from a place that’s so important to me,” McIntosh told the Sports Business Journal. “On the other hand, it’s an incredible honor and an incredible opportunity to be able to transition to a position at the Big Ten and to work for an incredible leader like Commissioner Petitti and alongside some top-tier, very capable members of the Big Ten as we navigate a dynamic period for college athletics.”

McIntosh, 49, took over as athletic director in the summer of 2021 after the retirement of Barry Alvarez. He played football for the Badgers and was part of two Rose Bowl-winning teams coached by Alvarez.

McIntosh was named associate athletic director in 2014. He became deputy athletic director under Alvarez in 2017.

He fired football coach Paul Chryst midway through the 2023 season and hired Luke Fickell to replace him. Fickell has gone 17-21, including a 4-8 finish last year and a 5-7 mark in 2024 that snapped what had been a Power Four-leading streak of 22 consecutive winning seasons.

Also in 2023, McIntosh fired men’s hockey coach Tony Granato and brought in Mike Hastings from Minnesota State. Wisconsin reached the Frozen Four this season and lost 2-1 to Denver in the national title game Saturday.

During McIntosh’s tenure, Wisconsin has won three national championships in women’s hockey (2023, 2025 and 2026) and one in women’s volleyball (2021).

In July 2024, he signed five-year contract extension that ran through June 30, 2029.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Dusty May has agreed on a deal that will have him continuing to lead the Wolverines “for many years to come,” athletic director Warde Manuel said Saturday.

Manuel made the comment during a ceremony celebrating Michigan’s NCAA tournament championship.

“Dusty and I have already reached an agreement,” Manuel said in a remark that resulted in a standing ovation as well as chants of “Dusty!” from the crowd that had gathered at the Crisler Center.

Manuel then finished his comment: “And he will be the leader of this basketball team for many years to come.”

May, 49, led Michigan to a national title in his second season on the job after inheriting a program that went 8-24 the year before his arrival. Michigan went 37-3 this season and earned its first national title since 1989 by defeating UConn 69-63 in the NCAA tournament championship game.

He had been mentioned as a potential target for North Carolina, which hired former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone on Tuesday to replace the fired Hubert Davis.

May owns an overall coaching record of 190-82. He went 126-69 at Florida Atlantic from 2018-24 and led the Owls to a 2023 Final Four appearance before going 64-13 at Michigan the last two seasons.

Doc Rivers is departing as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told ESPN on Sunday.

The Bucks will embark on their third head coaching search in three years. The Bucks will pay Rivers his eight-figure salary for the 2026-27 season. The franchise and Rivers are discussing whether he will move to an advisory role in the organization, sources said.

This starts a summer of change for the Bucks after Rivers went 97-103 across three seasons in Milwaukee, with two first-round playoff exits and missing the postseason and play-in tournament this season.

Team sources said there was a season-long disconnect between Rivers and the players, including instances that annoyed the locker room.

Rivers took over as coach for the Bucks in late January 2024, replacing Adrian Griffin, who had gone 30-13 in the role before being fired. Rivers guided the Bucks to a 17-19 mark to finish the 2023-24 campaign. Milwaukee went 48-34 in Rivers’ first full season in 2024-25. 

Rivers dealt with injuries to his top players in each season. Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo missed time in the 2024 and 2025 playoffs, and Antetokounmpo was healthy for just 36 games in 2025-26.

Rivers, who was named to the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2026 and led the 2007-08 Boston Celtics to an NBA championship, ranks sixth all time among NBA coaches in regular-season wins and fourth all time in career playoff victories.

The Bucks snapped a streak of nine consecutive seasons in the playoffs this season. They have not won a playoff series since 2022. 

Milwaukee won the 2021 championship under Mike Budenholzer, who was let go in 2023.

ESPN’s Jamal Collier contributed to this report.