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Kido , Erin
Erin Kido
- Title:
- Deputy Athletic Director for Internal Operations/SWA
- Email:
- Phone:
- 734.487.8172
Erin Kido is in her first year as the Deputy Athletic Director for Internal Operations after earning the promotion on Oct. 6, 2022. She had spent the previous nine years as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration for the Eastern Michigan University athletic department. Kido came to EMU following a seven-year tenure in the Xavier University Athletics Department where she most recently served as the Associate Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator.
From May to mid-July 2017, Kido served as Eastern Michigan’s interim vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics. 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, and volleyball, along with oversight of EMU’s student-athlete support services, sports medicine, sports performance, and compliance operations.
Kido is also extensively engaged in intercollegiate athletics nationally. Currently, she is 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. In September, she will begin a four-year term on the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee. Previously, she represented the Mid-American Conference on the NCAA Student-Athlete Experience Committee (SAEC) and the NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief, her second stint working with this group. Additionally, Kido 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 and chaired the MAC Infractions Committee from 2015 - 2017.
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.
From May to mid-July 2017, Kido served as Eastern Michigan’s interim vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics. 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, and volleyball, along with oversight of EMU’s student-athlete support services, sports medicine, sports performance, and compliance operations.
Kido is also extensively engaged in intercollegiate athletics nationally. Currently, she is 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. In September, she will begin a four-year term on the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee. Previously, she represented the Mid-American Conference on the NCAA Student-Athlete Experience Committee (SAEC) and the NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief, her second stint working with this group. Additionally, Kido 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 and chaired the MAC Infractions Committee from 2015 - 2017.
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.
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