Jill Shields

Biography

Jill Shields, a 23-year veteran of the K-State Athletics Department, was promoted to Deputy Athletics Director in 2017 after serving as Executive Associate Athletics Director for Student Services since 2015. In her role, Shields oversees the daily internal operation of the entire athletics department and also serves as the department's senior woman administrator. She oversees the day-to-day operation of the football program while also serving as the sport administrator for women's basketball and volleyball. In fall 2019 Shields was appointed to a five-year term on the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee. She will also serve as the Big 12 Chair of the Senior Woman Administrator's for the 2022-23 academic year. Shields had previously worked as Senior Associate, Associate and Assistant Athletics Director and Associate Director of Student Services with stints directing the support services for football, women's basketball and volleyball, as well as Life Skills programming. Shields played a pivotal role in the academic success of the Wildcats' 16 athletic programs, leading K-State to a stretch of multi-year high marks in the Big 12 in all-sports graduation rates as well as maintaining a national standard with the NCAA mandated APR multi-year reports. In 2004 she served as the Region IV Chair of the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals. Shields came to K-State after working at Wichita State for six years, including the final year as a senior