Ms. Christina Roybal
Vice President and Director of Athletics
133 Truist Arena
(859) 572-6539
roybalc1@nku.edu
Bio
Ms. Christina Roybal
Athletic Director
Christina Roybal joined the NKU athletics staff as Vice President and Director of Athletics, on July 1, 2022.
She previously was a member of the Northern Iowa athletics staff as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Administration in beginning in 2016. Roybal also served as Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) and Deputy Title IX Coordinator.
Roybal had administrative responsibility for 14 sports for the Panthers - women's basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, men's/women's cross country, men's/women's indoor track and field, men's/women's outdoor track and field, men's/women's golf, women's tennis and women's swimming and diving.
In the Missouri Valley Conference, Roybal serves on the Long-Range Planning Committee, Sports Management Committee, and is the MVC Joint Committee sport liaison to the tennis coaches. Previously, she has also served on the Conference Relations Committee and has been the sport liaison for the swimming and diving coaches.
Before joining UNI, Roybal spent 10 years at Fresno State (2006-16) serving in a variety of administrative roles including Interim Senior Woman Administrator (2015) and sport administrator for women’s lacrosse, men’s/women’s tennis and the implementation of women’s water polo. She also worked extensively with the Title IX Coordinator in creating and maintaining plans for equity compliance.
Roybal began her professional career at Fresno State working as the Group Sales Coordinator from 2006-2010. She was promoted to Tickets/External Relations Coordinator in 2010. From 2012-2013, Roybal worked in the Athletics Business Office before being promoted to Director for Administrative Operations in 2013 and Assistant Athletics Director for Administrative Operations in 2015.
She was active on the Fresno State campus serving on a variety of committees including Gender and Minority Equity Subcommittee of the Athletic Advisory Council, Title IX Campus Multidisciplinary Team, Marketing Advisory Council for the Craig School of Business Marketing and Logistics Department, Staff Training and Recognition Day Steering Committee, President’s Commission on Human Relations and Equity, and Co-Chair of National Girls and Women in Sports Day Committee.
In her Interim SWA role, Roybal served on the Mountain West Conference Joint Council, Joint Council Executive Committee, and was the Joint Council liaison to men’s/women’s tennis coaches.
She earned her bachelor of arts in health, physical education, and recreation in 2003 from Saint Mary’s College of California. Roybal added a pair of master’s degrees from Fresno State in kinesiology (2006) and business administration (2013).
Roybal is an active member of National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and Women Leaders in College Sports (formerly NACWAA). She is a graduate of the Institute for Administrative Advancement and Leadership Enhancement Institute.
Roybal has a son, Bailey, and a daughter, Nicolette.