Chuck Neinas

{{Short description|American sports commissioner}}

Charles Merrill Neinas (born January 18, 1932, in Wisconsin) is a former commissioner of the Big Eight Conference from 1971 to 1980.{{cite web|title=Chuck Neinas ready to lead Big 12|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7009735/interim-commissioner-chuck-neinas-aims-closer-big-12|publisher=ESPN|access-date=25 September 2011|date=24 September 2011}}{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Erick|title=Dan Beebe departs as Big 12 commissioner by 'mutual agreement'|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/09/big-12-commissioner-dan-beebe-chuck-neinas/1|accessdate=25 September 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=22 September 2011}}{{cite news|last=Witosky|first=Tom|title=Big 12 names Neinas interim commissioner|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/big12/story/2011-09-22/neinas-new-big-12-commissioner/50521480/1|accessdate=25 September 2011|newspaper=Des Moines Register|date=22 September 2011}} Neinas also served as interim commissioner of the Big 12 Conference from 2011 to 2012.{{cite news|last=Thorburn|first=Ryan|title=Chuck Neinas has extensive experience|url=http://www.brushnewstribune.com/ci_18958201|accessdate=25 September 2011|newspaper=Brush News-Tribune|date=22 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005042156/http://www.brushnewstribune.com/ci_18958201|archive-date=5 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Nunez|first=Tammy|title=Former Big 8 Commissioner Chuck Neinas contacted by Big 12 and is interested|url=http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2011/09/former_big_8_commissioner_chuc.html|accessdate=25 September 2011|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=22 September 2011}} He was the 1996 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award winner.