College Football Playoff Director Bill Hancock Announces Retirement in 2025
- Hancock will step down as executive director of the College Football Playoff when his contract expires on Feb. 1, 2025.
- Hancock took over as the CFP's first executive director in 2012 and will oversee its expansion to 12 teams.
- Hancock previously served as the first full-time director of the NCAA Final Four and administrator of the Bowl Championship Series.
- Hancock's retirement will mark the end of his more than 50-year career in college athletics.
- The CFP will conduct a national search to find Hancock's successor beginning next year.