Doug Gillin

Doug Gillin was named Appalachian State University’s director of athletics on Feb. 27, 2015, and he officially began the role April 6, 2015.

In the midst of his fifth year in Boone, Gillin has overseen progress in all facets of an athletics department that was in the beginning stages of its transition from FCS football and Southern Conference membership to FBS football and the Sun Belt Conference upon his arrival.

Among the achievements under Gillin’s leadership have been App State student-athletes leading Sun Belt peers academically and in community involvement; major facility and game day experience enhancements; negotiating home football games against top-tier programs such as Miami, North Carolina and South Carolina; record-breaking football crowds; conference championships in several men’s and women’s sports; and a significant increase in philanthropic giving.

Under Gillin, App State Athletics’ stated mission is to “support the educational mission of the university,” doing so by adhering to core values of academic integrity, social responsibility, competitive excellence and a world-class experience.

Before arriving in Boone, Gillin was most recently the deputy director of athletics at the University of Missouri from 2012-15, playing a prominent role in the Tigers’ transition to the Southeastern Conference. He had direct oversight over Mizzou men’s basketball and was part of a three-person administrative team that oversaw the Tigers’ football program. Among his accomplishments in Columbia, he helped lead the university’s athletics capital campaign and was involved in a $102 million facilities enhancement plan for football, baseball, softball, golf, tennis and track and field.

He also spent time early in his career on college campuses at Lehigh, New Mexico, Missouri and Syracuse, while holding senior leadership positions at ISP Sports/IMG College from 2002-12.