With 25-plus years of experience in NCAA Division I conference office operations, Senior Associate Commissioner Tim Allen handles a variety of duties for the Big 12 Conference.
Allen is the primary administrator for day-to-day operations of the television packages for the Big 12. He is the staff liaison to the Board of Athletic Directors, handles scheduling of Conference games for football and men’s basketball, and serves as the director of the Big 12 men’s basketball championship. In addition, Allen also has oversight of the Big 12 media relations department as well as marketing, corporate sponsorships licensing, and Website operations.
One of the original Big 12 staff members, Allen came to the league directly from the Big Eight Conference. He joined the Big Eight in 1983 as the primary media contact and director of the Conference service bureau. He was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in 1989 and to Associate Commissioner in 1995, assuming duties in marketing, corporate relations, television issues, sponsorships, scheduling, other regular-season, and post-season competition in football, basketball and baseball, and was the Conference office representative for licensing and insurance issues. Allen was promoted to Senior Associate Commissioner in 2008.
Allen served in two key roles during the transition phase from the Big Eight to the Big 12. He was the primary staff liaison to the Board of Athletics Directors transition committee and was assigned to assist the revenue distribution sub-committee during the expansion effort. He was director for the Phillips 66 Big Eight and Big 12 baseball tournaments from 1989-2004 and worked every one of these conference tourneys from 1976-2004 in various capacities.
A 1977 graduate of Kansas State University, Allen was selected to join the Big Eight Conference staff after a five-year stint as Assistant Sports Information Director at Oklahoma State University.
Allen is a native of Chanute, Kan. His wife, Tish, and he have two daughters, Alexa (Hower) and Chelsea, and reside in Plano, Texas.