Nina King

Last updated
Nina King
Current position
TitleDirector of athletics
Team Duke
Conference ACC
Biographical details
Born (1978-10-03) October 3, 1978 (age 45)
Tampa, Florida
Alma mater
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2005–2008 Notre Dame
(director of rules education)
2008–2021 Duke (senior deputy director)
2021–presentDuke

Nina E. King (born October 3, 1978) [1] is an American college sports administrator who is currently the vice president, director of athletics and adjunct professor of business administration at Duke University. She was named the director of athletics for the Blue Devils following athletic director Kevin White's retirement on September 1, 2021, the third Black woman to be an athletic director in a power conference. [2] [3] In addition to her duties, she also served as the chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee, a role she held until the conclusion of the 2021–22 season. [4]

King worked for Nike before joining her alma mater Notre Dame as their director of rules education, working under White. She followed him to Duke in 2008 to work as the senior deputy director of athletics, during which she was named to Sports Business Journal's "Forty under 40" list in 2018. [5]

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References

  1. Duke Women's Basketball [@dukewbb] (October 3, 2019). "Happy Birthday to our fearless Deputy AD, Nina King!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  2. "Nina E. King Named Duke's Vice President and Director of Athletics". Duke University – Official Athletics Website. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. "New Duke Blue Devils AD Nina King embraces status as role model". ESPN. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. "Nina King to continue as NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee chair in 2021-22; Beth Goetz named to chair committee in 2022-23". NCAA.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. "SportsBusiness Journal Names Duke Athletics' Nina King among Forty under Forty Class of 2018". Duke ACE. Retrieved 5 June 2021.