Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson Set To Announce Departure

Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson today is expected to announce that he is "'leaving' his post," according to a source. Benson currently is "working under a contract that expires at the end of June 2019, and it is anticipated that he will continue to work" during the upcoming school year. Benson has been commissioner since the spring of '12. During his tenure he "oversaw transition of a membership lineup that added football-playing members Georgia State, Georgia Southern, Texas State, Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina" (Lafayette DAILY ADVERTISER, 8/16).