WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) — The Pac-12 has hired veteran television executive Lydia Murphy-Stephans to run the conference’s television network.
The conference announced the move Monday to make Murphy-Stephans executive vice president and general manager of the Pac-12 Networks. She will hire and manage a team to program and produce live events, as well as create studio shows and other original programming.
Murphy-Stephans has more than 25 years of experience in network television, including leadership positions at ABC Sports. She is also a former Olympic speed skater who became the first woman in network sports television history to be named vice president in 1994 at ABC.
Pac-12 Networks will include a national network and six regional networks and will launch next August.
