Erin Kido
Erin Kido

Position:
Associate Athletic Director - Compliance / SWA
Experience:
Fifth Year
Alma Mater:
UCLA '02

Erin Kido is entering her fifth year at Xavier and her second as the associate athletic director for compliance and senior woman administrator (SWA). In her current position, Kido is primarily responsible for coordinating all facets of Xavier's comprehensive athletics compliance program for all coaches, staff, student-athletes and boosters. She is the athletics department's liaison to the offices of admissions, financial aid and residence life on-campus and also serves as the sport administrator for the baseball, men's and women's cross country, and track and field programs.

Kido serves as a member of the NCAA Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cabinet, as well as the Board of Directors and Legislation and Governance Committee of the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC). Additionally, she is entering her second year as the chair of the Atlantic 10 Conference Cross Country Committee and is a member of the Division I Advisory Group of the NCAA Eligibility Center.

Prior to arriving at Xavier, Kido served as the director of compliance for the University of Oklahoma Athletic Department. While at Oklahoma, Kido played an integral role in building a strong, comprehensive compliance program that included broad-based rules education, as well as effective and efficient monitoring systems.

In addition to her compliance experience at OU, Kido was the compliance graduate assistant at Ohio State University. Kido joined the Ohio State staff after serving as the championships and marketing assistant with the West Coast Conference and working as a student assistant in the UCLA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Kido received her bachelor's degree from UCLA in physiological science and earned her master's degree in sport and exercise management from Ohio State. In June 2009, Kido married Jared Smith. The couple resides in Cincinnati.

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