FILE – Southeastern Conference Commissioner Roy Kramer is pictured at the SEC headquarters in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, June 6, 2000. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer, who also served as athletics director at Vanderbilt University, has died at 96.

Kramer was the architect of the first conference championship game in NCAA Division I-A history, after the SEC expanded to 12 teams in 1992.

“Roy Kramer will be remembered for his resolve through challenging times, his willingness to innovate in an industry driven by tradition, and his unwavering belief in the value of student-athletes and education,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. “His legacy is not merely in championships or commissioner’s decisions, but in a lifetime devoted to lifting student-athletes an

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