Frisco, Texas • Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark says he and the conference’s 16 athletic programs are working on solutions to end the anti-Latter-day Saint chants directed at BYU in recent years.

The Cougars have been subjected to chants of “F--- the Mormons” at several road games involving their men’s basketball and football teams over the past two years. BYU is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

While not specifying what changes will be made, Yormark told reporters at Big 12 Media Days that he will meet with the league’s presidents and athletic directors to curb derogatory statements directed at the global church and the Cougars.

“I can tell you — I speak on behalf of my role as commissioner, as well as my 16 institutions — we have a zero tolerance for that kind of behavior on a go-forward basis, zero tolerance,” Yormark said. “We have a meeting set up with the presidents, which make up our board, and our athletic directors in August to address that situation and that topic very intentionally to make sure we are better next year.”

Oklahoma State was fined $50,000 last February after the Cowboys defeated the Cougars in men’s basketball in Stillwater. The chants caused BYU men’s basketball head coach Kevin Young to speak out against OSU’s student section in his postgame news conference.

“There were some ‘F--- the Mormons’ chants by the student section that I heard,” Young said at the time. “It was a great win for Oklahoma State University and their fans should be proud. But it would be great if some class was warranted in there as well.

“I’ve got four small kids at home. I am a Mormon. When I go home, they are going to ask me about it,” he continued. “Same way they asked me about it at Arizona. There is too much hate in the world to be saying stuff like that.”

Yormark said he hopes the conference will be better about addressing the chants ahead of the 2026 football and men’s basketball seasons.

“As I said in my closing comments, my goal, our collective goal, is to be great every day for our student-athletes,” Yormark said. “We plan on being better next year, for sure.”