Michael Tranghese (born 1943) is the former commissioner of the
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and M ...
and helped create the conference as founder
Dave Gavitt
David Roy Gavitt (October 26, 1937 – September 16, 2011) was an American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He was also well known as the first commissioner of the Big East Conference ...
's right-hand man in 1979. Tranghese retired as commissioner in the spring of 2009, with
John Marinatto succeeding him as commissioner. Tranghese later served as a member of the
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...
selection committee. He's a 1965 graduate of
Saint Michael's College
Saint Michael's College (St. Mikes or Saint Michael's) is a private Roman Catholic college in Colchester, Vermont. Saint Michael's was founded in 1904 by the Society of Saint Edmund. It grants Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees i ...
, where he was a member of the golf team. He was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 1996.
References
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1943 births
Living people
Big East Conference commissioners
College Football Playoff Selection Committee members
Saint Michael's College alumni