Kevin J Worthen (born April 15, 1956)[1] is an American professor who served as the 13th president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2014 to 2023.

[2] Worthen served previously at BYU as the Advancement Vice President and as dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCL).

[4] Worthen earned an associate degree from the College of Eastern Utah (CEU), where he was co-captain of the varsity basketball team and graduated co-valedictorian in 1978.

[8] Worthen was a 1995 contributor to Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law,[5] and served as vice-chair of the Utah Constitution Revision Commission from 2001 to 2003.

He also wrote an article entitled The NCAA and Religion: Issues of non-state governance that was published in the Utah Law Review.

[10] In June 2008, Worthen was appointed BYU's Advancement Vice President, with responsibility for university relations, communications, athletics, and philanthropies.

[14] In December 2017, Worthen announced a 10-year-deal that would give BYU students free ridership on the regional bus and commuter rail transit system.

[16] In April 2016, Worthen announced the appointment of a BYU advisory committee to investigate how to improve handling alleged sexual assault situations involving students.