NORSE - Key Persons
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Director of Athletics Ticketing
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Graduate Assistant
Alex Doss joined the Northern Kentucky University golf program as a graduate assistant beginning in September of 2023.
Doss is no stranger to Northern Kentucky as he remains with Norse Golf as a graduate assistant heading into the 2023-24 season. He came to NKU in 2018 and spent the past five years as a member of the Norse golf team. He is a three-time Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-America Scholars for NCAA Division I, along with being a two-time All-Horizon League selection.
Doss finished his Norse career with a 77.3 finish percentage, the second highest for a Northern Kentucky golfer during the NCAA Division l era.
Prior to NKU, Doss was a standout golfer at Campbellsville High School where he led the golf squad to several All "A" Classic regional championships including a second-place finish at the All "A" Classic state tournament, which was best outing in program history. Doss is a former All "A" Classic regional and state championship.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Athletics Trainer ( SB, CHEER )
Alexa began as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for NKU in January 2023.She works primarily with the Softball and Cheerleading teams. She is one of NKU's insurance coordinators.
Alexa graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science at the University of Louisville in 2020. She received her master's degree in athletic Training from the University of Evansville in 2022.
During her time at Evansville, she gained clinical experience with The University of Florida Gymnastics team as well as Evansville's baseball and volleyball teams.
After completing her masters, she worked as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for Bellarmine University.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Baseball Coach
- Member of Our Coaching Staff
- New Assistant Coach
The Northern Kentucky baseball program welcomed the addition of new assistant coach Andrew Elliott this week as was announced by head coach of the Norse Dizzy Peyton in September of 2023.
"We are extremely excited to announce the newest member of our coaching staff, Andrew Elliott," discussed head coach Dizzy Peyton. "Norse Nation please join us in welcoming Andrew and his wife Randi into the Norse family. Andrew will serve as our pitching coach and I'm eager for him to get to work with our pitching staff. Coach Elliott has done a tremendous job at each of his stops, at Lincoln Trail College and Lee University and he will be a great addition to our staff. He's a proven winner and I look forward to him helping us continue the upward trajectory of the NKU baseball program."
Elliott will serve as the Norse pitching coach as he gets his NKU pitching staff prepped heading into the 2024 spring season. Elliott joins Northern Kentucky after working as the assistant baseball coach at Lee University located in Cleveland, Tennessee, and Lincoln Trail College out of Robinson, Illinois.
He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 30th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft and was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Orioles, a rookie-level affiliate of the program. Elliott earned his way up to the Aberdeen IronBirds that same year who are a High-A affiliate of the Orioles. He went on to pitch for the Delmarva Shorebirds, a Single-A affiliate of Baltimore in 2016 as well. Andrew compiled a career earned run average of 3.54 over 157.0 total innings, with a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.60 in his 107-game pitching career with the Orioles, Aberdeen IronBirds and Quebec Capitales (Frontier League).
His baseball career is certainly a familiar one to the Norse as Elliott spent five seasons with NKU rival Wright State from 2011-2015. He earned himself numerous accolades during his time with the Raiders including being named an All-American during his junior season, was named Horizon League Reliever of the Year twice, First-Team All-League, Stopper Watch List selection, All-Midwest selection, WSU Ron Nischwitz Award and was a two-time Horizon League Pitcher of the Week.
Elliott graduated from Wright State University with a bachelor of science degree in organizational leadership.
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- Assistant Director of Development
- Member of the Dance Team
- Title / Assistant Director of Development
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Coach in Northern Kentucky
- Women 's Soccer Head Coach
Bob Sheehan is the only coach in Northern Kentucky women's soccer program history and has built the NKU women's soccer program from scratch into one of the nation's best. He picked up his 300th career victory on Aug. 29, 2017, and is 333-116-31 (.726) in 24 seasons with the Norse.
Sheehan has seen great success throughout the transition to Division I play, as he led the 2016 squad to capture the University's first-ever Division I conference championship. The 2016 team was also the first NKU program to advance to the Division I NCAA Tournament in its first year eligible to do so after being granted full Division I status in August 2016 after completing the four-year reclassification period. The Norse fell to eventual national runner-up West Virginia, 3-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
In addition to the NCAA Tournament appearance and Horizon League Tournament Championship in 2016, Sheehan guided the 2016 squad to a 13-7-1 overall record including a 6-2-1 mark in League play. The record included notable wins over Vanderbilt (Sept. 11), defending Horizon League champion Oakland (Sept. 28), and a pair of come-from-behind victories against Detroit Mercy (Nov. 3) and Milwaukee (Nov. 5) to win the Horizon League Championship. He has led NKU to post a new Division I program record in wins in each of the last three seasons, including back-to-back seasons with double-digit victories.
In 2016, Sheehan coached two-time Horizon League Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, and First-Team All-Horizon League selection Macy Hamblin, a junior forward, who also earned NSCAA All-Region honors for the second-consecutive season. Additionally, junior forward Jessica Frey was named First Team All-League for the second-straight year, while senior midfielder Katelyn Newton earned Second Team honors and freshman forward Ally Perkins was named to the All-Freshman team.
Sheehan led Northern Kentucky to the 2020 Horizon League Regular-Season Championship and subsequent runner-up finish in the league tournament following a penalty shootout. NKU went 8-1-2 overall and 7-0-1 in league play. He was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year as Kailey Ivins swept Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year honors and Mimi Stines was named both the Defensive Player and Goalkeeper of the Year. Ivins was also named a United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team member, becoming the women's soccer program's first all-American of the DI era, and both her and Stines were named Scholar All-Americans by the coaches association as well.
Sheehan also earned his MBA in finance from Xavier. Sheehan and his wife, Kelly, have a daughter (Maggie) and a son (John Patrick). The Sheehans live in Cincinnati.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Tennis Head Coach
Four Norse earned recognition in the 2015-16 campaign. Mate Virag was named First Team All-Horizon League, while Jody Maginley, Lukas Clemens and Klara Skopac earned second team recognition. Under Nester's direction, the NKU men's tennis team finished third in the Horizon League and advanced to the tournament semifinals.
During the 2014-15 campaign, Nester led both the men's and women's squad as they qualified for the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Under Nester's guidance, the men's program has been the top team on campus in academic success for the past two years, earning a 3.66 GPA in the fall of 2015. Additionally, 12 student-athletes across the men's and women's programs earned 2014-15 Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors.
Prior to Division I, Nester led the Norse men's team to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II Round of 16 during the 2012 season.
Nester's ties to the tennis community are extensive. Prior to joining NKU, Nester guided the tennis operations at the Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 15 years. From 1990-1996, he served as Head Professional and Director of Tennis at the Five Seasons Sports Country Club. Nester's coaching career includes a stop at the University of Nebraska-Kearney from 1988-1990, where his men's and women's tennis teams combined for an overall 30-11 record, and he won District Coach of the Year honors twice.
Nester is Level One with the United States Professional Tennis Association and the United States Professional Tennis Registry. He has also completed the High Performance Program through the United State Tennis Association.
He lives with his family in Edgewood, Ky.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Associate Athletics Director - Development
- Development / Go Norse Fund
The Northern Kentucky Athletics Department has announced a big addition to their development team as the hiring of Bryan Allen to the role of Associate Athletics Director for Development was made official by vice president and director of athletics Christina Roybal on Wednesday, June 21.
"I am thrilled to have Bryan join our administrative team" Roybal said. "His extensive experience in development as well as his familiarity with Northern Kentucky and the Greater Cincinnati area makes him the perfect fit for our department and will help us achieve our goals as we continue to elevate Norse Athletics."
A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Bryan is a double graduate of Marshall University with a bachelor's degree in physiology and a master's in athletics administration. He also worked as a video assistant and development associate while completing his degrees. Allen was part of the Thundering Herd's football support staff that won three Mid-American Conference Championships (1999, 2000, 2002) that included the 1999 campaign where Marshall finished a perfect 13-0 and was ranked 10th overall in the nation in the final AP poll.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Dance Head Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Marketing Assistant ( Women's Volleyball, Men's and Women 's Soccer, Softball )
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Head Women 's Basketball Coach
Camryn Volz, now in her eighth season with the Norse, was named the fifth head coach of the Northern Kentucky University women's basketball program by Director of Athletics Ken Bothof on May 6, 2016. Whitaker has been a part of four consecutive coaching staffs that have made NCAA Tournament appearances, including trips to the Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen in the last two seasons.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Associate Athletics Director - Operations and Event Management
Chris is Northern Kentucky University's Associate Athletic Director for Operations and Event Management. He is responsible for overseeing all athletic facilities and their operations and scheduling. Chris also serves as the director of game day operations and event management, and he is also the Director of NKU's Summer Sports Camps.
Chris earned Master's degrees in Sports Administration and Business Administration from Ohio University in 2004. He earned Bachelor's degrees in Marketing and Economics at the University of Kentucky in 2001. Chris's career in athletics began at the University of Kentucky where he served as an athletics intern, assisting with marketing and event management. At Ohio University, he served as the Assistant General Manager of the Southern Ohio Copperheads, a collegiate summer baseball team based in Athens, OH.
After graduating from Ohio University, Chris worked as a Marketing Assistant at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque during the 2004-05 year. Prior to his arrival at NKU, he was the Marketing and Promotions Coordinator at Eastern Kentucky University from 2005-2008. Chris began his NKU career in the winter of 2008, serving as Director or Marketing and Promotions and later as Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Event Management. Chris assumed his current role in the spring 2011.
Chris is originally from Louisville, Kentucky and currently resides in Erlanger, Kentucky.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Vice President and Director of Athletics
Christina Roybal joined the NKU athletics staff as Vice President and Director of Athletics, on July 1, 2022.
Her first year at Northern Kentucky University in 2022-23 was one for the record books as both the men's basketball and softball programs won their respective Horizon League Championship and represented Northern Kentucky on the national stage at the NCAA Tournament.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Athletics Director - Marketing and Fan Engagement ( Men 's Basketball )
Leonard joined the Norse in August of 2023 after a near two-year stay as the Director of Marketing and Digital Media at the University of Connecticut.
While at UCONN, he led efforts for the first ever post season sell out for a NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament game, led the marketing efforts for seven of the top-45 highest attended games in NCAA women's basketball during the 2021-22 season and served as the lead for football marketing efforts, growing game to game attendance by 29 percent and a student increase of 205 percent.
The team at UCONN also won 10 NACMA awards during his time in leadership, which includes seven awards in 2021-22.
"I would like to thank Christina Roybal and Matthew Schaefer for this amazing opportunity," Leonard said. "I am excited to work with the marketing team to create an exciting experience at our Norse events, engage with our passionate fan base and creating an exciting environment for our student-athletes to compete in."
To go with his work with the Huskies, Leonard also had stops as the Director of Athletics Marketing and Promotions at the University of South Carolina Upstate and the Athletics Marketing Assistant at Florida Atlantic University.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Cheerleading Coach
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- Coach
- Member of the Dance Team
- Head Men 's Basketball Coach
Northern Kentucky University head coach Darrin Horn welcomed Eric Haut as an assistant coach in May 2019. He was named associate head coach of the program prior to the 2022-23 campaign.
Haut has been instrumental in helping the Norse continue their dominance within the Horizon League. Over his first four years with the program, NKU has gone 80-41 (.661) overall, which includes a mark of 41-23 (.689) in conference play. In his current role, Haut's main focus in on the Norse defense and working with NKU's bigs (forwards and centers).
In his first four years with the program, Northern Kentucky has won the Horizon League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2019-20 and 2022-23. The Norse have also made it to at least the semifinals of the Horizon League Championships in all four seasons, to go with making the championship game three times (2022-23, 2021-22 and 2019-20).
With more than 17 years as an associate/assistant coach at the collegiate ranks, Haut brings extensive experience to Horn's staff and most recently served as the associate head coach at Kent State from 2016-19. Following a storied playing career for Kent State that resulted in an NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 2002 and a NCAA Second Round effort in 2001, Haut's coaching career began as a graduate assistant on Horn's staff at Western Kentucky for two years.
Haut returned to Kent State, where he served as Director of Operations for one season prior to being elevated as an assistant coach from 2006-08. Haut then spent three seasons as an assistant at TCU prior to returning to Kent State in 2011, where he served as an assistant coach until being promoted to associate head coach in 2016.
During his time at Kent State, as either a student-athlete or coach, Haut helped lead the Golden Flashes to five of the program's six NCAA Tournament appearances. He graduated from Kent State in 2004 with a degree in finance.
Haut is married to Tanicius and has a step-daughter Kamya, who is on the track & field team at Kent State as a middle-distance runner, and son Karter.
Darrin Horn was named the sixth men's basketball coach in NKU history on April 23, 2019. Over his first four years with the Norse, Horn has turned Northern Kentucky into one of the top mid-major programs in college basketball, with two Horizon League Championships and two NCAA appearances already on his resume.
Over four seasons, Horn had led NKU to an 80-41 (.661) record overall that includes a mark of 51-23 (.689) in Horizon League play. He celebrated his 250th career victory in style with the Norse's 2023 Horizon League Championship. Horn is currently ranked sixth all-time in school history in wins and will take over as the winningest head coach in NKU's Division I era with just two more victories in 2023-24.
Following the 2022-23 campaign, Horn is also ranked tops in the DI era and school history in winning percentage, ahead of NKU legend Ken Shields (306-170, .643), Dave Bezold (194-133, .593) and John Brannen (81-51, .614).
Horn is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. He and his wife Carla have a daughter, Caroline, and a son, Walker.
Darrin Horn Day is celebrated in his hometown of Lexington on November 1.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Men 's Basketball Coach
Harris, a native of Cincinnati who played high school basketball for Wyoming, joined the Norse staff in 2019 as an assistant coach following a one-year stint in the same capacity at the Naval Academy.
Harris has been instrumental as NKU continues its dominance within the Horizon League. In his first four years with the program, Northern Kentucky has won the Horizon League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2019-20 and 2022-23. The Norse have also made it to at least the semifinals of the Horizon League Championships in all four seasons, to go with making the championship game three times (2022-23, 2021-22 and 2019-20).
His main role with the program is running the NKU offense and working with both the guards and forwards.
Prior to his time with the Naval Academy, Harris spent three years on the staff at Texas where he served as special assistant, video coordinator. Originally hired in 2013 by Shaka Smart at VCU as a graduate assistant, Harris moved into the video coordinator role for the Rams in 2014.
Harris competed on the hardwood as a student-athlete for Ashland University for three years, as he earned a degree in finance. Prior to transferring to Ashland, Harris spent two years as a student manager under Billy Donovan at the University of Florida. He also earned a master's degree in sports leadership from VCU.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- General Manager and Director of Golf at Elks Run Golf Club
- Head Golf Coach
- Head Men's and Women 's Golf Coach
As the new Head Golf Coach, Shearer brings a unique perspective of Norse golf as a former standout student-athlete and a former assistant coach. The two-time PING Golf Coaches Association of America All-American has been an assistant for six years under longtime head coach Daryl Landrum.
Shearer, a 2019 NKU David Lee Holt Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, was the three-time Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year and individual GLVC champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He still holds records for the lowest single-season scoring average (72.46, set in 2007) and most career individual wins (seven, set in 2007).
Shearer returned to NKU golf as an assistant coach from 2012 to 2017, and from 2021 through this school year. His duties include assessing players' strengths and weaknesses, creating individual development plans, skill instruction, golf course management techniques and recruiting.
"I am excited that David, a member of the Norse Hall of Fame, will become the leader of the Norse men's golf program upon Coach Landrum's retirement. His experiences as an NKU student-athlete and assistant coach provide him with the knowledge and skills that are necessary to build a competitive golf program," said Dan McIver, NKU's Deputy Athletic Director.
"David understands what it takes to win, having won the individual GLVC Championship three times. He also has a passion for helping student-athletes succeed off the course and create an environment that ensures student-athletes have a positive experience at NKU. I am confident that the men's golf program will reach new heights under David's guidance."
Shearer is the General Manager and Director of Golf at Elks Run Golf Club in Batavia, where he oversees a staff of 50 and handles administrative, budgetary and marketing endeavors.
Shearer graduated from Northern Kentucky University in 2007 with a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Business. He now lives in Villa Hills, Ky. with his wife Natalie and their daughters, Ava and Olivia.
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- Leader
- Head Baseball Coach
Dizzy Peyton was named the third head coach in Northern Kentucky baseball's program history on June 8, 2021 by Ken Bothof, director of athletics.
Off the field, Peyton has been a leader throughout Norse Athletics, the University and region as well. NKU baseball received the 2018 Horizon League Bobby Fong Award, presented annually to the person or team that displays integrity, respect and stewardship. Norse baseball's inclusive environment and welcoming nature in support of team manager Ryan Mavriplis served as a key reason the team won the honor. Peyton is a mentor and close friend to Mavriplis, who has Down Syndrome. Norse baseball annually volunteers at the Buddy Walk hosted by the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, an effort organized by Peyton. He has also been a chaperone on three mission trips to the Dominican Republic featuring both students and student-athletes at NKU which is traditionally taken in early January and provides support to under-privileged areas.
Peyton is a native of South Lebanon, Ohio. He currently resides in Highland Heights with his wife Amanda and three children, Dirk, Wesley and Trudy.
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- Coach
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Women 's Basketball Coach
Doug Novak has joined Northern Kentucky Women's Basketball in August of 2023 as an assistant coach.
"We are thrilled Coach Novak and his family have chosen to be a part of our Women's Basketball team at NKU," said Coach Volz (Whitaker). "Doug brings 30+ years of coaching experience at all levels and I am excited for our staff and team to get to learn and grow from him. His offensive system is his staple and he understands how to teach and motivate young student athletes to get the most out of them on and off the court! Welcome to Doug, his wife Tonya and daughter Grace to Northern Kentucky University."
Novak possesses nearly three decades of coaching experience, most recently serving as the associate head coach for the men's basketball program at Army West Point during the 2022-23 season. Before West Point, he was the interim head coach for the women's basketball program at Mississippi State in 2021-22, where he led the Bulldogs to a 15-14 overall record, and helped lead his squad to being named the NCAA Team of the Week twice.
Prior to his lone season with Mississippi State Women, Novak served as the Head Men's Coach at Bethel University from 2013-21. There he composited an overall record of 131-68 in eight seasons. He left with the highest winning percentage (.658) of any Bethel basketball coach in program history. In 2017 he led the Royals to a share of the program's first ever MIAC regular season championship, second-ever MIAC Playoff Championship and second-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Novak's group rattled off six consecutive MIAC Playoff appearances, advancing to the semifinals three times (2014, 2016, 2018) and the championship game three times (2015, 2017, 2018) while hosting the championship game in both 2017 & 2018
He is no stranger to competing at the highest level in collegiate athletics either, as Novak was a four-year member of the men's tennis team at the University of Tennessee and helped lead the program to a No. 1 national ranking and a runner-up finish in the 1990 NCAA Tournament. Novak graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1990 with a degree in Psychology. He then earned his Masters degree in Counseling in 1992 from Clemson University. He additionally served as an assistant coach for tennis at Clemson University.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Athletics Academic Graduate Assistant
Ellie Jackson joined the Northern Kentucky Athletics staff in the Fall of 2023 as an Athletics Academic Graduate Assistant.
Jackson makes her way to Highland Heights following a three-year softball career at Walsh University. While competing with the Cavaliers, Jackson was named to the Dean's List throughout her entire career. Prior to her time at Walsh, Jackson also played for two seasons with the University of Northwestern Ohio softball program.
She also gained experience as an intern with Stark County Humane Society, an athletics department intern at Walsh U and a medical assisting externship at Northwestern Ohio University to go with coaching experience at both youth and high school softball and basketball camps.
Jackson is pursuing her master degree in cybersecurity at NKU. She earned a bachelor of biology degree from Walsh University in May 2023 and an associate degree in medical assisting technology from the University of Northwestern Ohio in June 2020.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Ticket Sales Assistant
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Athletics Trainer ( VB, BSB )
Emma began as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for NKU in June 2023. She works primarily with the Volleyball and Baseball teams, and is one of NKU's insurance coordinators.
Emma graduated from Western Kentucky University with her Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science in 2019. She received her Master's of Athletic Training from the University of Evansville in 2022.
During her time at Evansville, she gained clinical experience with Vanderbilt University Womens soccer as well as Evansville's baseball and volleyball team.
After completing her masters, she worked as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for Wright State University.
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- Assistant
- Coach
- Member of the Dance Team
- Associate Men 's Basketball Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Men 's Soccer Coach
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- Assistant
- Coach
- Member of the Dance Team
- Title / Assistant Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Baseball Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Special Assistant to the Head Coach
Isaac Wodajo was named Special Assistant to the Head Coach by Darrin Horn in July 2023.
He joined the Norse staff after a year's stint as the Head Coach at Division I JUCO, Wabash Valley College. Wodajo's team ended the season with wins in seven of their last nine games, which included a victory over No. 10 nationally-ranked Vincennes University, en route to a 17-13 record overall in 2022-23.
Prior to his time leading the Warrior program, Wodajo was an assistant coach for three seasons at Wabash Valley, where the team achieved 70 total wins in four seasons at the JUCO level (three full seasons and one shortened COVID season). During his tenure, he recruited and coached eight NCAA Division I signees and assisted in the development of nine players who were selected as All-Region and All-Conference student-athletes. As an assistant, Wodajo served as the program's offensive coordinator and lead scout for every opponent.
Before Wabash Valley College, Wodajo worked as a graduate assistant for two seasons at the University of Texas under head coach Shaka Smart and associate head coach Darrin Horn. During his first year in Austin, the Longhorns went 19-15 and earned the No. 10 seed in the South Region of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Texas followed it up with an even stronger year in 2019, as the Longhorns went 21-16 overall which included winning the 2019 NIT Tournament Championship at Madison Square Garden. Over those two seasons, Texas produced two NBA lottery picks in Mo Bamba (No. 6 in 2018, Orlando Magic) and Jaxson Hayes (No. 8 in 2019, New Orleans Pelicans).
Wodajo's coaching career began at Milwaukee Riverside University High School, where he returned following college graduation after he competed for three years with the varsity basketball program. Riverside earned a City Conference and Regional Championship in his lone season as the varsity assistant coach, as the squad finished 19-7 overall. The team included eventual 2022 ACC Player of the Year, Alondes Williams (Wake Forest), along with three other NCAA DI signees.
Wodajo earned his Master of Education from the University of Texas at Austin and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Men 's Soccer Coach
Banks joined NKU in February of 2022 and will aid Poitras moving forward as the Norse prepare this spring and head into the 2022 fall season.
Banks, brings a wealth of knowledge to the Northern Kentucky program, as both a player and a coach. He spent nearly a decade on the pitch as a professional, playing in various leagues such as the USL, NASL and MASL. Banks spent time with multliple clubs including the Rochester Rhinos (2012-14), the Milwaukee Wave (2013-15), Minnesota United (2015-16), Jacksonville Armada (2017-18) and finally with Forward Madison FC (2019-2021).
The coaching side of his career includes a USSF C License and most recently was working with Heroes FA - Youth Soccer Club as their Director of Coaching. Banks simultaneously was working with One Touch Soccer Nashville as their General Manager from 2021 on and working with the CPS Soccer Academy as their Programs Director/Coach.
While playing for UW-Green Bay from 2007 to 2010 he was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team of the Year his freshman season. He went on to win the 2009 Horizon League Player of the Year award and was named to the 2010 All-Horizon League First Team and All-Great Lakes Second Team. Banks also played in the USL-PDL for the Madison 56ers and Chicago Fire Premier.
Banks is a Milwaukee native and comes from soccer genes. His father played for the Milwaukee Wave and was also a member of the U.S. Men's National Team, competing in the 1987 Pan American Games and qualifying rounds of the 1990 World Cup. Banks attended Riverside High School, where he was a four-time All-Conference, played in the Region II Olympic Development Program, and played club soccer for FC Milwaukee.
He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay where he earned a bachelor's degree in history and worked towards his coaching certification as well.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Volleyball Coach
Jake Neiheisel joined Northern Kentucky Volleyball in July of 2023 as an assistant coach to accompany to head coach Liz Hart's staff for the upcoming 2023 season.
Neiheisel comes to Highland Heights after spending the past four seasons as the head men's volleyball coach at Mount St. Joseph University. He was named the 2021 Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League (MCVL) Coach of the Year after leading the Lions to a 21-3 overall record and a 14-2 record in MCVL play.
Jake had a stellar playing career for the Lions as well, and has also coached club volleyball in the Cincinnati area. Jake is a 2016 graduate of Mount St. Joseph University where he earned his bachelor's degree in sport management.
During his playing career for the Loins, Jake was a leader on and off the court for the Lions. He was named a captain during his senior season, "Jake may have been the most intelligent player I have ever coached" Said former MSJ men's volleyball coach Ryan Lengerich.
Jake came to the Mount as a coach with quite a bit of coaching experience. On top of his work with the Cincinnati Attack men's volleyball club program beginning in 2010, he spent time as an assistant coach at Oak Hills High School. He was an assistant coach at his Alma Mater, Elder High School in Cincinnati and also spent time as the assistant coach at Mount St. Joseph.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Title
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Senior Associate Athletics Director
- Senior Associate Athletics Director - Internal Operations ( Contact for New NKU Sports Programs: M & W Swimming, M Volleyball, M & W Triathlon )
John Kriebs (Kreebz) joined Northern Kentucky Athletics in July of 2022 and brings more than 30 years of Division I college athletic experience to the Norse.
Kriebs' love of sports started at a young age with his involvement in athletics at the local YMCA. From that moment, he had an attachment and love for all athletics. He excelled at football and wrestling and was considered by several colleges; he chose to attend the University of Northern Iowa and planned to participate in both sports. UNI was becoming a D1 school, and at the time, Kriebs realized that he could only concentrate on one sport to excel at wrestling and academics.
During his wrestling career at UNI, Kriebs won more than 100 matches, was a two-time All-American and was ranked #1 his senior year. He also qualified for the NCAA tournaments all four years and was picked to wrestle in the All-Star Wrestling Showcase.
While finishing up at UNI, Kriebs accepted the assistant wrestling coach position and was there for five years. He then took the Head Wrestling Coaches position at Southwest Missouri State (Missouri State), at the time, the youngest D1 coach in the country.
He then accepted a job at Fresno State, where he worked in several capacities for 19 years. Most recently, Associate Director of Athletics Internal Operations. During his 19 years there, Kriebs worked for seven other athletic directors.
While at Fresno State, he was the sports supervisor for Bulldog football, men's basketball, baseball, and ten other sports. He supervised nationally acclaimed coaches Pat Hill and Jerry Tarkanian. He was instrumental in leading the resurrection of the Bulldogs' wrestling, swimming programs, and new lacrosse and water polo sports. Kriebs helped guide the Bulldogs to the Big 12 Conference for the sports of Wrestling and Equestrian.
Kriebs then moved on to Marshalltown Community College, where he was Athletic Director for the last three years; it was to be closer to the family. His hope for MCC athletics was to become a focal point for most transfer colleges in the area and surrounding states. If athletics is doing well, the college is doing well, which means the community will benefit economically.
Kriebs grew up in Dubuque, IA, where he was raised by a single parent, the youngest of six, and a first-generation college student. Most of his family still lives in the Midwest. A daughter, Jordan, graduated from the University of Iowa in 2022. His son, Jack, plays football for the University of Northern Iowa, Kriebs' alma mater.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Women 's Basketball Coach
John McCray joined Northern Kentucky Women's Basketball in May of 2023 as an assistant coach to accompany to head coach Camryn Whitaker's staff for the upcoming 2023-24 season.
McCray comes to Highland Heights after spending the past three seasons with the Holy Cross women's basketball team as an assistant coach and was a key part in the Crusaders capturing the 2022-23 Patriot League Tournament championship. Along with bringing depths of experience and knowledge from the recruiting aspect in college basketball, McCray's student-athletes flourish under his guidance at Holy Cross. From developing players in Patriot League Championship MVP's to multiple Crusaders earning All-League, All-Defensive and All-Rookie honors throughout his four years in Worcester.
Prior to Holy Cross, McCray spent time with the University of Florida, where he served as an assistant coach from 2017-20. While at Florida, McCray primarily worked with the player development of guards, scouting assignments and recruiting strategy. He helped spark a seven-win turnaround for Florida in 2019-20 as the Gators finished .500 (15-15) for the first time in four years, and helped Florida, one of the league's least-experienced rosters, double their SEC win total. McCray and Florida earned a first-round bye in the SEC Tournament for the first time in four years while collecting two AP Top 25 wins. He played a key role in Florida's 2019 recruiting class, which was ranked No. 26 overall by ProspectsNation.
Before he became a Gator, McCray spent four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he was responsible for the development of post players and served as the team's recruiting coordinator. During his tenure, the Mocs made four NCAA tournament appearances, winning Southern Conference titles in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
He was a graduate assistant at St. Joseph's University before that, assisting with scouting, film exchange and recruiting. He spent one season as a video assistant at The Ohio State University. McCray also worked at Veritas Academy in Columbus, Ohio, serving as the athletics director, varsity girls basketball head coach and varsity boys basketball associate head coach.
McCray graduated from Ohio State in 2011 with a Bachelor's degree in sport and leisure studies. He later earned his Master's degree in organization, development and leadership from St. Joseph's in 2016.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Director of Compliance
- Title / Director of Compliance
The Northern Kentucky University Athletic Department welcomed Jonathan Pyke as the Norse's new Director of Compliance, made official by NKU in January of 2023.
In this new role, Pyke is responsible for managing all aspects of a comprehensive athletics compliance program that seeks to ensure compliance with NCAA, Horizon League, and NKU policies, procedures, regulations that emphasizes integrity. He is also be an advocate for the educational welfare of NKU's student-athletes.
"We are excited to welcome Jonathan to NKU Athletics," then senior associate athletic director for compliance and student services and senior woman administrator Debbie Kirch said. "His legal background will be a huge benefit to our student-athletes and staff in areas like Name, Image and Likeness, but equally important, his passion for athletics will provide our department with a strong advocate in NCAA compliance. There are so many changes on the horizon in this area, it will be great having Jonathan on staff to help navigate that."
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- General Manager
- Member of the Dance Team
- Title / General Manager
JT Torbeck joined Norse Sports Properties in February 2024 after 8 years at Xavier Sports Properties.
Prior to his time with Learfield and Xavier Sports Properties, JT spend 5 years within the Cincinnati Bengals Ticket Sales Department. JT, is a Cincinnati native and graduate of St. Xavier High School and Xavier University, where he was a member of the men's tennis team.
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- Coach
- Member of the Dance Team
- Head Softball Coach
Kathryn Gleason, a near 30-year coaching veteran with a combined four appearances in the NCAA Division I Women's College World Series as a student-athlete and as an assistant, was named the fifth head coach of the Northern Kentucky University softball program on August 3, 2015.
Kendyl McKeough, Jordan Jenkins and Alicia Flores were selected to the Horizon League All-League Teams. McKeough was named to the First Team after she led the conference in multiple stat categories that included home runs (14), runs batted in (38), total bases (98) and doubles (14). Jenkins was also named to the All-League First Team while Flores earned an All-Freshman Team selection.
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- Assistant
- Coach
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Softball Coach
Northern Kentucky head softball coach Kathryn Gleason announced the hiring of assistant coach Lexie Blair to her staff.
The Winter Garden, Florida native will work primarily with the NKU outfield while also assisting with the offense, recruiting, academics, and all things related to social media and team travel.
"We are excited to welcome Coach Blair to our NKU softball family," Gleason said. "She has a tremendous background with her playing experience at the University at Michigan and we look forward to her sharing her knowledge and experiences with our program. She has jumped into practice and has already made our team better, working with the outfield, the offense and with baserunning. We are excited that she is now a part of our Norse softball family and to see her contributions with the team on and off the field."
Blair joins NKU after completing a standout collegiate career at the University of Michigan (2019-2023). A five-year starter in the Wolverine outfield, Blair was just the fifth player in UM program history to garner four All-Big Ten first team selections (2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023), including two unanimous selections. In 2021 she was also named the Big Ten Player of the Year after batting .406 with 63 hits, 42 runs and 25 RBI.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Director of Women 's Basketball Operations
Northern Kentucky women's basketball great Lindsey Duvall has made her return to the NKU sidelines as the Norse's Director of Basketball Operations, a role she took over on Thursday, January 18.
"I am very excited for this opportunity to be back at NKU with this team and coaching staff," Duvall said. "I had such a great experience as a student-athlete and cannot wait to continue that in a different role here at Northern Kentucky University."
Duvall is back in Truist Arena after she posted a standout career with the Norse. In just 79 career games, Duvall recorded 1,347 points, a mark that ranks 12 th all-time in school history. Her average of 17.1 points per contest slots in at second in program history and she also is fourth overall in rebounding with an average of 8.2 rebounds per contest.
The Mt. Washington, Kentucky native ranks seventh in made three's (130), 12 th in free throws made (291), 16th in free throw percentage (.776) and 18 th in career rebounds (650). She also holds the all-time school record with an average of 34.7 minutes played per game.
"We are thrilled that Lindsey has rejoined our NKU Women's Basketball family as the Director of Basketball Operations," an excited head coach Camryn Volz said. "There is no doubt her work ethic, passion for NKU and enthusiasm for the game will help elevate our program. Welcome back Lindsey!"
Duvall led NKU in points for three straight years (2020-2023) and wrapped up her Norse career with an All-League First Team selection. To close out her senior season, she finished first in the Horizon League in points scored (457), third in scoring per game (16.9 points per contest) and seventh in rebounding (7.4 per game).
To go with her success on the court, Duvall was a multi-time recipient of the Horizon League All-Academic Honor Roll. She was also named the NKU Female Athlete of the Year to end her stellar career with the Norse.
Prior to NKU, Duvall was a standout at Bullitt East High School in Mt. Washington where she was named Kentucky's Ms. Basketball her senior year. She was a member of the varsity program of the school since seventh grade.
In her new role at NKU, she will be responsible for all logistical aspects of the program.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Volleyball Head Coach
Since the program's move to Division I, Hart has orchestrated one of the most successful starts for a transitioning team in NCAA history with a 25-7 mark in 2012, the best record for a reclassifying school in NCAA history. Hart has continued to build on the success of her programs with increasingly strong recruiting class, earning PrepVolleyball.com High Honorable Mention in 2017 and Highest Honorable Mention in 2018, the latter of which put the Norse in the top-55 recruiting classes nationally. Through the 2020 season, which was played in the Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hart has led her Norse squads to seven-straight league tournament semifinal appearances, including the final season in the A-SUN and all six in the Horizon League. NKU is the only Horizon League school to reach the seminals in those six seasons.
NKU continued their success under Hart in 2022 as well, advancing to their fourth Horizon League Championship game in five seasons. The Norse saw a loaded non-conference schedule facing opponents such as No. 4 ranked Louisville, Missouri, South Dakota, Bowling Green, No. 21 Western Kentucky twice, Ball State and No. 10 ranked Purdue. NKU swept through Green Bay in the opening round of the conference tournament but ultimately fell to arch rival Wright State in the finals in Dayton, Ohio. Northern Kentucky saw four student-athletes recognized at the end of the season for their high level of play which included Abby Kanakry, Reilly Briggs and Anna Burke receiving All-Horizon League First Team nods. Anna Brinkmann also earned an All-League Second Team selection as well. The Norse as a squad was honored with the 2022 United States Marine Corp/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award after posting a 3.58 grade point average during the 2021-22 academic year. This is now over 10 years that Northern Kentucky Volleyball as a squad have finished the academic year with a team GPA of 3.5 or better.
The 2021 season featured yet another trip to the Horizon League Championship game after posting 20 overall wins during the regular season. NKU ultimately fell to No. 4 seeded UIC in the conference finals in a five-set thriller. The Norse racked up the post-season accolades beginning with Hart being named the 2021 Horizon League Coach of the Year. Anna Brinkmann, Reilly Briggs and Abby Kanakry were all selected to the All-Horizon League First Team, while Joy Banks and Sequoia Hunt earned All-Horizon League Freshman Team honors. Brinkmann additionally was named to the AVCA Northeast All-Region Honorable Mention Team
In 2019, Hart led the Norse to their first-ever NCAA Tournament, making volleyball just the third program to appear in the NCAA Tournament since NKU's transition to Division I. The Norse rolled through the Horizon League tournament, dropping just one set in three matches with wins over No. 5 UIC, No. 1 Wright State and No. 3 Milwaukee. Laura Crawford was named the Tournament MVP, while Shelby Olsen and Abby Kanakry earned all-tournament team honors. NKU went on to face Michigan in the first round in Lexington, Kentucky, falling in three sets to the Wolverines with two of the three being dropped by just three points. Following the regular season, Anna Brinkmann was named to the All-Horizon League First Team, and later earned AVCA All-Northeast Region honorable mention. Ashton Terrill was named to the all-league second team, while Kanakry and Reilly Briggs were named to the all-freshman team. Miranda Wucherer also earned postseason honors with a spot on the Horizon League All-Academic Team. Northern Kentucky finished the season with an RPI of 49.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Athletics Academic Advisor ( WBB, MSOC, WSOC, MXC, MT & F, WXC, WT & F, SAAC )
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Athletics Academic Advisor ( MBB, BASE, SB, VB, MGOLF, WGOLF, MTEN, WTEN )
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Coordinator of Athletics Marketing and Fan Engagement ( Women 's Basketball, Baseball, Social )
Madison Kalb began working for NKU Athletics as a marketing intern during the 2019-20 athletic season and transitioned into her role as the marketing & promotions graduate assistant in 2021. Within Norse marketing, she oversees men's & women's soccer, softball, donation requests, and the Norse Kids' Club.
Outside of NKU, Madison works closely with the KHSAA assisting with event management. With the KHSAA, she assisted in the planning and execution of boy's and girl's basketball, cross country, and tennis championships. Additionally, she had a brief stint as assistant coach for the Bracken County Polar Bears girls basketball team. She also traveled to L.A. for Super Bowl LVI.
Madison is a native of Kentucky and graduated from Northern Kentucky University with her B.A. and is currently pursuing her M.B.A. for Northern Kentucky University.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Graduate Assistant
- Northern Kentucky Sports Performance in 2022 As a Graduate Assistant
Maggie Smith joined Northern Kentucky Sports Performance in 2022 as a graduate assistant for strength and conditioning. Smith will be working with baseball, women's and men's tennis, women's and men's track and the women's soccer programs.
Smith is a former Norse soccer player who was named a team captain during the 2010 season. She helped lead Northern Kentucky to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances during the Great Lakes Valley Conference and Division II era. Her Norse squad claimed back-to-back GLVC championships in 2009 and 2010. Smith was named a four-time GLVC All-Academic Team selection from 2007-10 as well.
She brings a number of certifications and knowledge to NKU which includes being a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), American Council on Exercise Certified Personal Trainer (ACE) and TRX Group Training and Sports Medicine qualification.
Smith earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from Northern Kentucky University in 2011. She is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Exercise Science from NKU as well.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Women 's Basketball Coach
Mallory Odell joined Northern Kentucky Women's Basketball in May of 2023 as an assistant coach to join Coach Camryn Whitaker's staff for the upcoming 2023-24 season.
Odell comes to Highland Heights, Kentucky after spending the past two seasons with Valdosta State University Women's Basketball as a graduate assistant. She was tasked with both coaching and operational responsibilities such as curating practice plans and individual workouts, cut film, assist with scouting reports to handling team operations including but not limited to hotels, meals, transportation, gear and team calendar, along with serving as the program's social media coordinator. She picked up additional responsibilities with Valdosta State within the athletic department, serving as an intern working with nearly all facets of ticketing, budgeting, operations, administrative and sports information.
Mallory's playing career brought her to Valdosta State for a graduate senior season, where she helped guide the Blazers to the NCAA Division II Elite 8 and earned herself the Lady Blazer of the Year Award. Odell previously spent four years at Longwood University as a member of the basketball program, earning herself two Big South All-Academic selections, and was a three-year member of the university Leadership Council.
She completed her bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in management and minors in both economics and supply chain management from Longwood University. Odell then completed her master's degree from Valdosta State University in education through the higher education leadership program.
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Ticket Sales Assistant
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Associate Athletics Director - External Operations ( Media Contact for All NKU Sports )
- Athletic Communications
- Marketing and Fan Engagement
Matthew Schaefer joined Northern Kentucky University in August 2022 as the Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications. After a successful year in the role, Schaefer was elevated to Associate Athletics Director for External Operations in August 2023. In his current position, Schaefer has oversight of NKU Athletics communications, the creative content and storytelling units, marketing and fan engagement, and ticketing operations for the Norse.
In his first year at Northern Kentucky, Schaefer rehauled the Athletics Communications team to turn into a digital first office. He created a comprehensive social media, communications, digital, and marketing plan, and turned the department's focus to driving social media engagement. After his first year, NKU Athletics Twitter accounts saw over 12.7 million impressions across the board with four programs hitting the one-million-plus impression mark (men's basketball, baseball, softball and women's basketball). Instagram reach was up 202.1 percent across all accounts, which included a net gain of 27,321 new followers. Facebook reach was also up 138 percent across all department accounts and the NKU Athletics TikTok account has 16K followers and 1.2 million likes to rank as the No. 39 account in all of NCAA Division I.
To go with the social media success, Schaefer made sure the NKU Athletics staff capitalized on its biggest moments with the local, regional and national media. This included multiple ESPN and SportsCenter appearances for the NKU men's basketball program and softball team, a run of national appearances for the NKU baseball team after a two-grand slam in the same inning performance by Liam McFadden-Ackman, and an increase in local and regional media coverage for all Northern Kentucky Athletics programs. Schaefer also ran everything with public relations for the NKU men's basketball program, the 2022-23 Horizon League Champions and a NCAA Tournament team.
In his first month in his new role, Schaefer helped orchestrate a NKU volleyball sellout vs. Ohio State, the programs first sell out in school history.
Prior to NKU, Schaefer had stops as Assistant Athletics Director of Athletics Communications at Cleveland State, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications at the University of New Orleans, Communications Assistant at the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant at Northern Arizona University and as a Sports Information Assistant at both Buffalo State University and Kutztown University.
He also has experience in the professional ranks as he served as a Communications Staff Game Day Worker for the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA for over three years, and was a credentialed member of the NFL media with ProPlayerInsiders.com. To go with two-plus years of Buffalo Bills coverage for the site, Schaefer's standout work with the organization came during his week-long, on-location coverage of Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco. He also currently works with Vista NEP Broadcast Services as a camera operator for FC Cincinnati 2 contests of the MLS NEXT Pro league.
Schaefer, a Buffalo, New York native, earned his bachelor's degree in journalism with a concentration in sports communication from Buffalo State University. He also holds a master of education degree from Northern Arizona University in Higher Education Leadership.
He resides just over the river in Mount Washington with his pit bull, Houston.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Manager of Business Development
- Title / Manager of Business Development
Max Edwards began working for NKU Athletics as the Marketing & Promotions Graduate Assistant in July 2019 and transitioned to Norse Sports Properties in 2021. Within Norse marketing, he oversaw men's & women's soccer, softball, and the Norse Kids' Club. Currently, he oversees business development of new partnerships and partner activation.
Before coming to NKU, Max worked with Ohio State Athletics for four years as a Fan Experience & Promotions Chief Executive. While with OSU Athletics, he assisted in the planning and execution of marketing campaigns and in-game promotion activation for men's volleyball, men's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, and women's basketball. He also served as Football Gameday Assistant. Within his various sports, he helped set numerous student attendance records as well as hosting some of the highest attended games. His position also allowed him to work the 2018 Women's Basketball Final Four, the 2017 Men's Volleyball National Championship, as well as various Big Ten Championships.
Outside of Ohio State, Max spent two years with the Clippers as part of the promo team and spent a year during the inaugural season of the USPBL as a marketing assistant. Max is a native of Sterling Heights, Michigan and graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Education with a focus on the sport industry and from Northern Kentucky University with a M.A. in Communication.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Athletics Trainer ( WBB, M / W XC )
Meghan began as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at NKU in 2023. She works primarily with women's basketball and men's and women's cross country teams.
She is in charge of inventory for the sports medicine department and is a preceptor for the Athletic Training Education Program at NKU.
Koch completed her Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training at Wilmington College in 2020, She then went to Austin Peay State University at an athletic training graduate assistant with football and earning her Masters in Health and Human Performance in 2021.
Once graduating she became an intern athletic trainer at Bowling Green State University working with football, men's soccer and softball.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Women 's Golf Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Volleyball Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Associate Athletics Director - Sports Medicine & Risk Management ( MSOC, M / W Tennis )
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Softball Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Athletics Trainer ( MBB, M / W Golf )
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Cross Country / Track & Field Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Director of Sports Performance
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Compliance
- Senior Associate Athletics Director - Student Services / Senior Woman Administrator
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Coordinator of Creative Media
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Athletics Director - Business
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Cheerleading Head Coach
- Stunt Head Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Men 's Basketball Coach
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Athletics Trainer ( WSOC, M / W T & F )
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Women 's Soccer Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Baseball Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Sydney Ferrante and Ava Lawson were named to the All-Horizon League First Team, while Taylor Brummell was named to the Second Team as well as the All-Academic Team. Ferrante capped off her career as NKU's first-ever NCAA Division I NFCA All-Region honoree.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Women 's Soccer Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Director of Basketball Operations and Student - Athlete Development
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Head Men 's Soccer Coach
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Head of Men 's Basketball Sports Performanc
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Athletics Photographer
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- Member of the Dance Team
- Assistant Coach Cross Country / Track and Field