Eastern Michigan Athletics
Erin Kido Named EMU's Interim Vice President and Director of Athletics
5/18/2017 2:25:00 PM | General
Kido to serve as an interim AD following the departure of Christian Spears
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Erin Kido has been named Eastern Michigan University's interim vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics, EMU President James M. Smith announced today, May 18. She begins the new role May 20 while the university completes a national search to select a new intercollegiate athletics director.
Kido is in her third year as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration for EMU's athletic department. A native of San Jose, Calif., Kido arrived in Ypsilanti following a seven-year tenure in the Xavier University Athletics Department.
"It is a tremendous honor to serve Eastern Michigan University as the Interim Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics," said Kido. "I appreciate President Smith's support and look forward to working closer with him, our coaches, staff and student-athletes as we conclude the spring season and prepare for the 2017-18 academic year. We will continue to build on the success of our athletics program and strive to be a source of pride for our university community."
EMU is currently in the midst of a nationwide search for the next vice president/director of athletics with the objective of completing the process and having a new athletic director in place this summer. Kido along with University General Counsel Gloria Hage are co-chairing the Search Committee that will be instrumental in determining the finalist candidates. The Committee includes a cross-section of campus constituencies representing student, faculty, athletic, and alumni interests.
Kido joined EMU in 2014 and serves as a member of the Department's Executive Leadership team. She provides strategic direction and oversight of department initiatives in the areas of sport administration, student-athlete support, and human resources. Kido serves as sport administrator for women's basketball, women's gymnastics, softball, track/cross country, and volleyball, along with oversight of EMU's student-athlete support services and compliance operations.
Kido is also extensively engaged in intercollegiate athletics nationally. She currently represents the Mid-American Conference on the NCAA Student-Athlete Experience Committee (SAEC), which has oversight responsibility of nonacademic operating bylaws that impact the overall student-athlete intercollegiate experience. In October 2016, she was selected to be the SAEC's representative on the NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief, her second stint working with this group. She is also a member of the NCAA Degree Completion Consultants Task Force, which annually awards nearly $1 million in scholarships to former student-athletes who completed their eligibility, but did not complete graduation requirements. She has chaired the MAC's Infractions Committee for the last two years. Kido previously served on the Board of Directors and the Legislation and Governance Committee of the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC), NCAA Legislative Council and NCAA Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cabinet.
At Xavier, Kido was primarily responsible for coordinating all facets of the Musketeers' comprehensive athletics compliance program and overseeing all of the department's student-athlete welfare priorities, including sports medicine, strength and conditioning, academic support services, gender equity and diversity. She was the athletics department's liaison to the Offices of Admissions, Financial Aid and Residence Life, and also served as the sport administrator for the baseball and men's and women's cross country and track and field programs.
Prior to arriving at Xavier in 2007, Kido served as the Director of Compliance for the University of Oklahoma Department of Athletics. While at Oklahoma, she played an integral role in building a strong, comprehensive compliance program that included broad-based rules education, as well as effective and efficient monitoring systems.
In addition to her compliance experience at OU, Kido was the Compliance Graduate Assistant at The Ohio State University. She joined the Ohio State staff after serving as the Championships and Marketing Assistant with the West Coast Conference and working as a student assistant in the UCLA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Kido graduated from UCLA in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in physiological science before going on to earn her master's degree in sport and exercise management from Ohio State in 2005.
Kido and her husband, Jared, have two daughters, Sydney and Morgan.
About Eastern Michigan University Athletics
Eastern Michigan University has been a member of the Mid-American Conference since 1971 and has been among the league's most successful members. The Division I program boasts 139 MAC team championships, the most of any team in the league during that span. EMU's varsity intercollegiate program features 21 different sports, nine men's teams and 12 women's teams, the program employs more than 70 full-time staff, and supports more than 500 student-athletes. Eastern Michigan, which has had a representative at every summer Olympics since 1960, has won 15 team national championships and 54 individual national titles since 1932.
About Eastern Michigan University
Founded in 1849, Eastern is the second oldest university in Michigan. It currently serves 22,000 students pursuing undergraduate, graduate, specialist, doctoral and certificate degrees in the arts, sciences and professions. In all, more than 300 majors, minors and concentrations are delivered through the University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Education; Health and Human Services; Technology, and its graduate school. EMU is regularly recognized by national publications for its excellence, diversity, and commitment to applied education.
Eastern Michigan University Athletic Directors Through the Years
Wilbur Bowen - 1903-28
Joseph McCulloch 1931-47
Elton Rynearson 1948-63
Dr. Keith Bowen - 1963-66
F.L. "Frosty" Ferzacca - 1966-73
Dr. Albert E. Smith - 1975-76
Alex Agase - 1977-82
Paul Shoults - 1982-86
Gene Smith - 1986-93
Tim Weiser - 1993-97
Carole Huston (Interim) 1997-99
Dr. David Diles - 1999-05
Bob England (Interim) - 2005-06
Dr. Derrick Gragg - 2006-13
Dr. Melody Reifel Werner (Interim) - 2013
Heather Lyke - 2013-17
Christian Spears (Interim) - March-May 2017
Erin Kido (Interim) - May 2017-Present
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Erin Kido has been named Eastern Michigan University's interim vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics, EMU President James M. Smith announced today, May 18. She begins the new role May 20 while the university completes a national search to select a new intercollegiate athletics director.
Kido is in her third year as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration for EMU's athletic department. A native of San Jose, Calif., Kido arrived in Ypsilanti following a seven-year tenure in the Xavier University Athletics Department.
"It is a tremendous honor to serve Eastern Michigan University as the Interim Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics," said Kido. "I appreciate President Smith's support and look forward to working closer with him, our coaches, staff and student-athletes as we conclude the spring season and prepare for the 2017-18 academic year. We will continue to build on the success of our athletics program and strive to be a source of pride for our university community."
EMU is currently in the midst of a nationwide search for the next vice president/director of athletics with the objective of completing the process and having a new athletic director in place this summer. Kido along with University General Counsel Gloria Hage are co-chairing the Search Committee that will be instrumental in determining the finalist candidates. The Committee includes a cross-section of campus constituencies representing student, faculty, athletic, and alumni interests.
Kido joined EMU in 2014 and serves as a member of the Department's Executive Leadership team. She provides strategic direction and oversight of department initiatives in the areas of sport administration, student-athlete support, and human resources. Kido serves as sport administrator for women's basketball, women's gymnastics, softball, track/cross country, and volleyball, along with oversight of EMU's student-athlete support services and compliance operations.
Kido is also extensively engaged in intercollegiate athletics nationally. She currently represents the Mid-American Conference on the NCAA Student-Athlete Experience Committee (SAEC), which has oversight responsibility of nonacademic operating bylaws that impact the overall student-athlete intercollegiate experience. In October 2016, she was selected to be the SAEC's representative on the NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief, her second stint working with this group. She is also a member of the NCAA Degree Completion Consultants Task Force, which annually awards nearly $1 million in scholarships to former student-athletes who completed their eligibility, but did not complete graduation requirements. She has chaired the MAC's Infractions Committee for the last two years. Kido previously served on the Board of Directors and the Legislation and Governance Committee of the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC), NCAA Legislative Council and NCAA Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cabinet.
At Xavier, Kido was primarily responsible for coordinating all facets of the Musketeers' comprehensive athletics compliance program and overseeing all of the department's student-athlete welfare priorities, including sports medicine, strength and conditioning, academic support services, gender equity and diversity. She was the athletics department's liaison to the Offices of Admissions, Financial Aid and Residence Life, and also served as the sport administrator for the baseball and men's and women's cross country and track and field programs.
Prior to arriving at Xavier in 2007, Kido served as the Director of Compliance for the University of Oklahoma Department of Athletics. While at Oklahoma, she played an integral role in building a strong, comprehensive compliance program that included broad-based rules education, as well as effective and efficient monitoring systems.
In addition to her compliance experience at OU, Kido was the Compliance Graduate Assistant at The Ohio State University. She joined the Ohio State staff after serving as the Championships and Marketing Assistant with the West Coast Conference and working as a student assistant in the UCLA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Kido graduated from UCLA in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in physiological science before going on to earn her master's degree in sport and exercise management from Ohio State in 2005.
Kido and her husband, Jared, have two daughters, Sydney and Morgan.
About Eastern Michigan University Athletics
Eastern Michigan University has been a member of the Mid-American Conference since 1971 and has been among the league's most successful members. The Division I program boasts 139 MAC team championships, the most of any team in the league during that span. EMU's varsity intercollegiate program features 21 different sports, nine men's teams and 12 women's teams, the program employs more than 70 full-time staff, and supports more than 500 student-athletes. Eastern Michigan, which has had a representative at every summer Olympics since 1960, has won 15 team national championships and 54 individual national titles since 1932.
About Eastern Michigan University
Founded in 1849, Eastern is the second oldest university in Michigan. It currently serves 22,000 students pursuing undergraduate, graduate, specialist, doctoral and certificate degrees in the arts, sciences and professions. In all, more than 300 majors, minors and concentrations are delivered through the University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Education; Health and Human Services; Technology, and its graduate school. EMU is regularly recognized by national publications for its excellence, diversity, and commitment to applied education.
Eastern Michigan University Athletic Directors Through the Years
Wilbur Bowen - 1903-28
Joseph McCulloch 1931-47
Elton Rynearson 1948-63
Dr. Keith Bowen - 1963-66
F.L. "Frosty" Ferzacca - 1966-73
Dr. Albert E. Smith - 1975-76
Alex Agase - 1977-82
Paul Shoults - 1982-86
Gene Smith - 1986-93
Tim Weiser - 1993-97
Carole Huston (Interim) 1997-99
Dr. David Diles - 1999-05
Bob England (Interim) - 2005-06
Dr. Derrick Gragg - 2006-13
Dr. Melody Reifel Werner (Interim) - 2013
Heather Lyke - 2013-17
Christian Spears (Interim) - March-May 2017
Erin Kido (Interim) - May 2017-Present
| The Erin Kido File | ||
| Name: | Erin Kido | |
| High School: | Lynbrook H.S. - San Jose, Calif. | |
| College: | University of California, Los Angeles - bachelor's degree in physiological science - 2002 | |
| The Ohio State University - master's degree in sports and exercise management - 2005 | ||
| Family: | Husband - Jared; Children - Sydney and Morgan | |
| Professional Experience | ||
| Year | School/Company | Position |
| May 2017 | Eastern Michigan University | Interim Vice President/Director of Athletics |
| 2014-Present | Eastern Michigan University | Senior Associate AD for Administration |
| 2010-14 | Xavier University | Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator |
| 2007-10 | Xavier University | Assistant Athletics Director/Compliance |
| 2007 | University of Oklahoma | Director of Compliance |
| 2005-07 | University of Oklahoma | Compliance Coordinator |
| 2003-05 | The Ohio State University | Compliance Graduate Assistant |
| 2002-03 | West Coast Conference | Championship and Marketing Assistant |
| 2000-02 | University of California, Los Angeles | Student Administrative Assistant |
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