Fresno State Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Interim Director of Athletics
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Steve Robertello was appointed Interim Director of Athletics on Nov. 6, 2017.Â
Robertello had previously served as the department's Deputy Director of Athletics with day-to-day oversight of athletic operations, sport administration and student-athlete services since early 2015. He began a four-year term as a member of the NCAA Baseball Selection Committee in 2016.
Robertello was Co-Interim Director of Athletics from Aug. 12, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2014, when he was responsible for all daily athletic operations, sports administration and student-athlete services.
Robertello originally joined the Fresno State Department of Athletics in Dec. 2012 as the Associate Athletics Director of Intercollegiate Services. After serving in that role for one year, Robertello was promoted to Senior Associate Athletics Director for Intercollegiate Services with significant sport supervision and student-athlete welfare responsibilities.
In his previous role, Robertello had sport supervision responsibilities for men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, baseball, softball, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. He has also overseen the branches of compliance, student-athlete services, sports medicine and strength and conditioning.
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During his time at Fresno State, he has helped initiate many projects that have positively impacted the Bulldog student-athlete experience. With his leadership, the Fruits, Nuts and Bagels (FNB) program was initiated as part of the student-athlete lounge as a program designated to provide healthy snacks to Fresno State student-athletes. Robertello also led in the renovations to improve both student-athlete services (Ricchiuti) building and the strength and conditioning building. He has also been instrumental in the creation and implementation of the department’s training table.
For a decade prior to coming to Fresno State, Robertello worked at Washington State University. Most recently, he served as the Associate Director of Athletics/Compliance in Pullman where he directed the day-to-day operations of the WSU Athletics Compliance Office. Robertello served as a member of the WSU Athletics Department Executive Staff, as well as the Athletics Department liaison to the WSU Admissions Office.
At the conference level, Robertello served on the Pac-12 Conference Legislative Committee and Recruiting Task Force. For the NCAA, he has served on the Amateurism Fact-Finding Committee as a member (2008-12) and committee chair (2010-12) and was the NCAA Site Coordinator for the 2005 NCAA Men's Tennis Championships first and second rounds, in addition to his current service on the NCAA baseball selection committee.
Prior to WSU, Robertello spent two and a half years as a Compliance Coordinator at Arizona State University, two years as an Athletics Compliance Office Assistant, and Assistant Director of Compliance at Villanova University and one year as a Athletic Compliance Office Graduate Assistant at West Virginia University.
Robertello graduated from West Virginia with a Master's of Science in Sport Management and Bachelor of Science. Steve and his wife, Kimberly, have two daughters, Ava and Ashley.
