Julie Cromer

Julie Cromer is the athletic director at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and is currently serving as a co-chair of the NCAA Division I Transformation Committee.[1] She is the first female athletics director at Ohio.

Julie Cromer
Current position
TitleAthletic director
TeamOhio
ConferenceMAC
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2019–presentOhio

Early years

Julie Cromer grew up in Southern Missouri.[2] She received her Bachelor's degree from Missouri State University. She earned a Master's degree in Policy Analysis from Indiana University[3]

Career

She began her career in athletics working for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. She later served as assistant athletic director at Wright State University. She left Wright State to begin a ten year duration at the NCAA where she served as director of academic and membership affairs. She then served as executive associate athletics director and SWA at Indiana University for four years and the senior deputy athletics director at the University of Arkansas for six years.[3]

Ohio

On August 31, 2019, she was hired by Ohio University to become the schools athletic director following Jim Schaus who left to become the Commissioner of the Southern Conference.[4][5] During her first year, the Ohio Football Team won the Idaho Potato Bowl.[6] The following year the Ohio Men's Basketball Team won the 2020 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament[7] and upset ACC regular season champion Virginia Cavaliers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.[8] This was the school's first tournament win since a sweet sixteen appearance in 2012.[9]

References
  1. "NCAA sets stage for transformation". Arkansas Online. November 9, 2021.
  2. "Julie Cromer named Director of Athletics for Ohio University". The Pike County News Watchman. August 15, 2019.
  3. "Julie Cromer Peoples". Arkansas Razorbacks. May 10, 2015.
  4. "Julie Cromer - Director of Athletics - Staff Directory". Ohio University.
  5. Burton, Rick (November 10, 2021). "Transformers? NCAA's Optimus Committee Is Hardly Prime".
  6. "Ohio beats Nevada 30-21 in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl". ESPN.
  7. "Ohio Bobcats down Buffalo to win MAC Tournament, earn NCAA Tournament bid". Cincinnati Enquirer.
  8. "Ohio vs. Virginia - Game Recap - March 20, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  9. "Ohio Men's Basketball: Bobcats Win First MAC Tournament Championship Since 2012". WOUB.
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