NCAA president Myles Brand died Wednesday after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Brand, 67, was diagnosed with the disease in January.
"Myles Brand was a dear friend and a great academic leader. He was a tireless advocate for the student-athlete," Michael Adams, University of Georgia president and the chair of the NCAA executive committee, said in a statement. "Indeed, he worked to ensure that the student was first in the student-athlete model. He will be greatly missed."
Brand has been the NCAA's president since 2003.
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