Kansas athletic director Sheahon Zenger has promoted Nicole Corcoran to Senior Woman Administrator, effective July 1. Corcoran, who spent the last eight years as an associate athletic director for operations, takes over for Debbie Van Saun, who is retiring from full-time work after 10 years with KU Athletics.
In addition, Zenger announced he was splitting up Van Saun’s duties while hiring Etienne Thomas as the school’s new associate athletic director for student life. Thomas comes to KU from North Carolina Central, where she was Senior Woman Administrator, NCCU’s primary Title IX officer and the university's deputy Title IX officer.