Carrie Coll - Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sport Services/SWA - General Support Staff

Carrie Coll

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Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sport Services/SWA

Last Updated: Feb. 29, 2024

Carrie Coll serves as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sport Services and Senior Woman Administrator at Fresno State. Coll serves on the senior leadership team and as the primary sport administrator for women’s volleyball, swimming and diving and water polo.

In her role with the Bulldogs, Coll is responsible for working with all facets of the athletic department and campus in support of student-athlete wellness and sport services. In her current role, she has oversight of sports medicine, nutrition, strength and conditioning, academic services and the Bulldog Built program for student-athlete development. Bulldog Built enhances student-athlete well-being, experience and growth with a diverse set of enrichment and educational opportunities that help student-athletes maximize their potential and prepare for their life post-graduation. Coll also directs educational, community service and special events for the department and student-athletes including equity and engagement initiatives. Coll is the liaison for athletics to the campus Title IX office and also oversees Title IX, gender equity and student-athlete conduct and welfare for the department. She is involved in various student-athlete initiatives and campus committees and serves as sport administrator for multiple sport programs providing leadership with goal setting, performance management and budget planning and monitoring.

Coll completed a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee where she served as chair in 2018. She served on the NCAA Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet from 2010-15, including holding the Vice Chair from 2012-15. Coll was the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee Chair from 2005-06, on the soccer committee from 2002-06 and on the Division I Women’s Golf Committee from 2008-10.

Upon her arrival in Fresno in 2015, Coll brought 21 years of extensive experience in leadership positions with her to Fresno State Athletics. She enjoyed a 14-year tenure in the Mountain West office, the last 10 years as Associate Commissioner for Championships when she directed league tournaments, meetings and events and served as a member of the senior staff participating in development of strategic initiatives, staff management and promotion of the league.

At the Mountain West, Coll led the governance process and league policy creation and implementation with the Senior Woman Administrators, Joint Council and Conference office staff. She also supervised 16 regular-season MW sponsored sports with a focus on short and long-range planning for competitive improvement, forecasted and managed departmental budgets and ensured gender equity in decision-making processes concerning championship sites and operations.

Prior to her 14-year run at the Mountain West from 2002-15, Coll was the Senior Director of Events and Elite Athlete Relations for the United States Figure Skating Association from 1998-2002. During her time at U.S. Figure Skating she directed the annual State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships and served as the Chief of Sport Services for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Coll got her start in collegiate athletics as an undergrad at the University of Colorado where she served as a student athletic trainer for the Buffaloes. Upon graduation with her Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology from Colorado in 1996, she went on to become a certified athletic trainer and received her master's degree in sport management from Kentucky, while working as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the Wildcats.