Babcock Named Deputy Director of Athletics for Internal Operations

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Lindsey Babcock, a veteran collegiate athletics leader at both the institutional and conference level, has been named Deputy Director of Athletics for Internal Operations at Wake Forest University, Director of Athletics John Currie announced today.

Babcock, who has worked at three Power 5 schools and two league offices, including the Atlantic Coast Conference (2004-12), will manage Wake Forest's Athletics Internal Operations, including Student-Athlete Services, Student-Athlete Development, Compliance and Human Resources.

Hired by Currie at Kansas State in 2012, Babcock spent the past seven-plus years as a member of the Wildcats athletic department executive and senior management team. As Executive Associate AD she led the K-State's compliance operation and served as campus Deputy Title IX Coordinator for athletics. She served as K-State's governance representative for the Big 12 Conference, conducting evaluations and investigations when needed and maintaining regular and consistent communication with various campus officials, such as the President, Faculty Athletics Representative and Dean of Students.In addition, Babcock was K-State's sport administrator for women's soccer, women's rowing, women's tennis and equestrian.

Over the course of her tenure in Manhattan, she spent four years (2015-19) on the NCAA Student-Athlete Experience Committee as part of the NCAA Division I governance process.

Babcock went to K-State from the ACC, where she served eight years (2004-12) as Assistant Commissioner of Compliance and Governance. In her role with the conference office, Babcock served as the primary contact for ACC institutional compliance staff members for all day-to-day issues as well as coordinating the conferences governing process.

Babcock spearheaded the conference's rules education with its membership as it related to timely or nationally significant issues while also monitoring NCAA proposed legislation and national trends for the league's member institutions. Her role and relationships with the league's Faculty Athletics Representatives were also crucial in the growth and development of the ACC's various governance groups.

Prior to joining the ACC staff, Babcock served two years as the assistant director of compliance at the University of Colorado (2003-04) where she led its compliance department. Babcock began her professional career in compliance in 2000 at West Virginia University where she served as a graduate assistant for two years while simultaneously working as an assistant women's basketball coach at Bethany College (1999-2001). After earning her master's degree at West Virginia, Babcock served two years as a compliance assistant at the Big East Conference (2001-02) before heading to the University of Colorado.

A native of Bloomsburg, Penn., Babcock was a women's basketball and softball student-athlete at Elmira College where she graduated in 1999 with her bachelor's degree in business administration. She then earned her master's degree in sport management at West Virginia University in 2001. She and her husband, Craig, have two children, Alexa and Brayden.

What They Are Saying...
Lindsey Babcock
Deputy Director of Athletics for Internal Operations, Wake Forest University
"My family and I are extremely excited to join Wake Forest University and the Deacs athletics staff. I appreciate the opportunity that John (Currie) has given me to join his senior leadership team and I look forward to working with the administration, coaches, staff, student-athletes and the campus community at Wake Forest."

John Currie
Director of Athletics, Wake Forest University
"We are thrilled to welcome Lindsey, Craig, Alexa and Brayden to Wake Forest. Lindsey brings proven relationship building skills, expertise in intercollegiate athletics, both on the institutional and conference levels, and problem solving experience to our leadership team. She will work tirelessly to ensure we meet our goal of providing a World Class Student-Athlete Experience. She was a major factor in our success at K-State and I know she will have a similar impact on Demon Deacon Athletics."

Bill Snyder
Special Ambassador & Head Football Coach Emeritus, Kansas State University
"John knew what he was doing to enhance Wake Forest Athletics when he reached out to Lindsey. She is a wonderful person, who is caring, genuine and a team player. Lindsey is a bright young lady of great integrity and a passion for helping young student-athletes. She is extremely well organized, prideful of her work, and is truly special."

Shane Lyons
Director of Athletics/Associate Vice President, West Virginia University
"In Lindsey Babcock, Wake Forest is gaining a great intercollegiate athletics administrator as its new deputy director of athletics. I was fortunate to work directly with Lindsey at the Atlantic Coast Conference for more than eight years. She is an effective leader, and her quality characteristics will serve the student-athletes, coaches, university and fans well in her new role at Wake Forest. This is a great hire for John Currie and the Demon Deacons, and I am extremely happy for her, Craig, Alexa and Brayden to be starting this next chapter in Winston Salem."

Gene Taylor
Director of Athletics, Kansas State University
"As an integral member of our executive team, Lindsey has provided our department great leadership in the areas of student-athlete welfare, sport administration and compliance, as well as serving as a valuable resource for ongoing NCAA legislation and proposals. She cares deeply about the student-athlete experience and will be a tremendous asset to John's leadership team at Wake Forest. We wish her the best."

Be Stoney BeEtta Stoney
Faculty Athletics Representative, Kansas State University
"John has hired an exceptional person for the position as Deputy Athletics Director. Lindsey brings great experiences from the field of compliance, and she will transfer her knowledge into this position. Serving as a sport administrator, she has established herself as an individual who relates well to coaches and students-athletes. Lindsey will be a great administrator for Wake Forest and she is a good relationship builder within the teams and communities. I appreciate her leadership, diligence, and candid spirit during her time at K-State."

Stan Wilcox
Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, NCAA
"Lindsey Babcock is going to be an excellent addition to the senior leadership team at Wake Forest. I was fortunate to work with her when she was an intern at the BIG EAST, and I knew the bright future that awaited her. Lindsey does an excellent job in cultivating relationships with many different constituents and I know that she will continue to do great work for the Demon Deacons."

Mike Dibbini
Head Coach Women's Soccer, Kansas State University
"Lindsey has been an integral part of helping to start the foundation of our program. She was critical in securing facilities for us to train, aided us in setting up budgets in our first seasons and to help us with contracting matches in our first four seasons. I was able to bounce ideas off her in the infancy stage of our program, and she has been appreciated every step of the way. We wish her nothing but the best in her next chapter."

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