WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert announces retirement after 2026 season

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who oversaw massive growth in the league while also facing recent scrutiny in her handling of multiple issues, will retire after the 2026 season, sources told ESPN.

Seven-year tenure included both growth and tumult Internal and external candidates are on league’s radar WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end of the year, bringing to a close her seven-plus years at the helm of the league and a stewardship that has been transformative and at times tumultuous. Engelbert is the second-longest tenured WNBA president or commissioner, and she helped negotiate a lucrative collective bargaining agreement this past spring that resulted in the league’s first set of million-dollar player salaries. Continue reading...

In a shock turn of events, Cathy Engelbert has announced her retirement as WNBA commissioner for the end of the season. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will step down at the end of December 2026, ending a transformative seven-and-a-half-year run.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s future has been a topic of conversation for some time. Now, we no longer have to wonder about it. The WNBA announced Friday morning that Engelbert, 61, will retire, effective at the end of the year. The former Deloitte CEO has held the position since May 2019. “I had only intended…

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced she will be stepping down from the job she has held since 2019 at the end of the year.

Engelbert announced her decision in a statement on Friday, Sept. 4

Cathy Engelbert’s tenure as commissioner of the WNBA is ending. Engelbert released a statement through the league on Friday morning announcing that she will be stepping down at the end of 2026, finishing off a seven-year tenure that saw the league reach new heights of popularity and financial success but was also marked by withering criticism from players of her leadership. “Over the years, it has been amazing to watch WNBA players thrive and lead the massive cultural surge around women’s sports

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Engelbert, the first commissioner in league history, has served in the role since 2019

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert to retire at the end of the season

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced she will be stepping down from the job she has held since 2019 at the end of the year.

Cathy Engelbert’s tenure as commissioner of the WNBA is ending. Engelbert released a statement Friday morning announcing that she will be stepping down at the conclusion of the 2026 season, finishing off a seven-year tenure that saw the league reach new heights of popularity and financial success but was also marked by withering criticism from players of her leadership. Engelbert, who was appointed as the WNBA’s first commissioner in 2019 after serving as the CEO of Deloitte, brokered two collec

Cathy Engelbert will step down as WNBA commissioner soon. Here's why.

The controversial executive is retiring, the league said Friday.

Engelbert was named commissioner ahead of the 2019 WNBA season.