Allen, Briggs, Brooks and Johnson join AD ranks

Tennessee Director of Athletics Phillip Fulmer recently promoted longtime senior staffer Angie Boyd Keck to Senior Associate Athletics Director. In addition, Keck has also assumed the role of Senior Woman Administrator.

Keck served as an associate AD since 2008. Her ascension to SWA comes after the departure of Donna Thomas, who retired in July. Keck retains her responsibilities as the sport administrator for women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, rowing and volleyball.

“Angie is a natural fit for our SWA role,” Fulmer said. “She’s one of the sharpest administrators I’ve been around, and she has a deep love and sense of loyalty to the University of Tennessee. In everything she does, Angie is always thinking about our student-athletes. She has a real passion for making sure we’re supporting them as best we can and making sure they’re equipped to succeed in all their endeavors.”

This fall, Keck began a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee. She also has served on UT’s exempt staff council, the Work Culture Improvement Team and is a member of Women’s Leaders in College Sports.

A two-time Tennessee graduate, Keck was a captain on the Lady Vols golf team and is a member of the University of Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame. She began her career in intercollegiate administration when she was hired in UT’s women’s athletics department in 1994.

In addition to Keck’s promotion, four other Tennessee Athletics staffers were promoted to the AD ranks. Those individuals are Assistant Athletics Director for Player Relations and Development Dr. Mikki Allen, Assistant Athletics Director for Business and Finance Brad Briggs, Assistant Athletics Director for Administration Tara Brooks and Assistant Athletics Director for Development Blake Johnson.

Additional administrative duties previously held by Thomas have been distributed among multiple senior staff members, including Brooks (deputy Title IX coordinator for athletics), Senior Associate Athletics Director for Regulatory Affairs Andrew Donovan (track & field/cross country administrator) and Senior Associate Athletics Director Dara Worrell (University of Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame administrator).