NCAA President Myles Brand, the first university president to serve as the Association’s chief executive, has died from pancreatic cancer. He was 67.
Brand, who began his tenure in January 2003 after having served as president at Indiana and Oregon, died at his Indianapolis home. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2008 and announced his condition to the NCAA Executive Committee, the national office staff and the leadership at NCAA member schools in January, saying the long-term prognosis for his condition was "not good."…Read More
