Kacy King joins The Ohio State University as the Senior Associate Athletics Director/Executive Director of SASSO after serving as Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Athletics Director at Florida State University. At FSU, she oversaw the Student-Athlete Academic Services unit, served as the sport administrator for the swimming and diving program, and taught as an adjunct professor in the department of sport management. She joined the staff at FSU in 2011 serving in many roles during her 10 years at the institution. Prior to arriving at FSU, King worked as Academic Coordinator for the football and volleyball programs at Duke University (2007-2011).
King is an active member of National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) where she has served on the Board of Directors since 2016. She is also a member of Women Leaders in College Sports.
Originally from Bexley, Ohio, King received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. She was a member of the field hockey program. She earned a master’s degree in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education from Michigan State. She continued her education at Michigan State, earning her Ph.D. in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education with a cognate in Educational Psychology.
Kacy is married to Andrew King. They have two daughters – Ellery and Fiona.