HAMILTON, N.Y. (10/8/08) – Colgate University Director of Athletics David Roach has announced the promotion of Vicky Chun to senior associate athletics director/senior woman administrator.
Chun, who had been serving as associate director of athletics, replaces Alice Tym. Tym was recently named associate athletics director and director of development at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
“Vicky has proven to be a great leader and a well respected professional both on campus and nationally,” said Roach. “With her experience both here and the NCAA she is the perfect person to step into her new role. We are fortunate to have someone of Vicky’s skill and abilities on staff to fill this extremely important position.”
Chun’s primary responsibilities include overseeing corporate sponsorship, marketing and promotions, and personnel management for athletics. She also will serve as the administrative liaison for Daktronics Sports Marketing, ECAC Hockey and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. In addition, Chun will have administrative duties and supervision of several varsity programs.
Chun was promoted to Associate Athletics Director at her alma mater in July 2007, having served as the Assistant AD since February 2006, and on an interim basis since the summer of 2005.
Chun oversaw the operation of Colgate’s athletic practice and competition venues, game day and event operations, promotions, regional marketing and advertising, Junior Raider Club, Rowdy Raider Program, special events, game contracts, team travel, and Patriot League and NCAA bids. In addition, her duties included the administration and supervision of women’s volleyball, men’s lacrosse, cheer team, mascot and the pep band.
A graduate of Colgate, Chun earned both her B.A. in 1991 and M.A. in
1994, where she was a four-year letterwinner on the Raider volleyball team. A two-year captain, Chun was named the Patriot League Player of the Year in 1991 and was also a member of the conference’s All-Decade team.
In 1994, Chun was hired as the head coach of the Colgate volleyball team, a position she held for three years. She posted a 67-27 record as head coach and guided her squad to two conference championships and Colgate¹s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. The 1996 Patriot League Coach of the Year, Chun coached eight All-Patriot League selections, an Offensive Player of the Year, a Defensive Player of the Year, a Rookie of the Year and two Tournament Most Valuable Players.
She is the only person in NCAA Division I history to have earned Player and Coach of the Year in the same conference, as well as the only person to win a conference championship in those two roles.
In 1999, Chun was inducted into the Colgate Hall of Honor just three years after she garnered the Howard Hartman Award, given to the Colgate coach of the year.
Her other coaching experience includes: assistant volleyball coach at Cornell University in 1992, assistant volleyball coach at Colgate from 1993-94, and coaching with the USA Volleyball staff during the summer of 1994 and 1995.
Following her head coaching experience at Colgate, she worked at the NCAA from 1997-1999 and at the New York State Women¹s Collegiate Athletic Association from 2001-2006. In addition, Chun continues to serve as the NCAA Staff Representative for Division I Championships and as a Facilitator at the NCAA National and Regional Leadership Conferences held throughout the country.
