Kevin Miller
Senior Associate Athletic Director
Kevin Miller, a veteran administrator in the Cardinal athletics department for the past 21 years, has served as Senior Associate Athletic Director since 2003. He served as Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations for 10 years after operating six years as assistant athletic director for business at U of L.
Miller oversees the athletic department financial and personnel operations while also supervising football, men's basketball and baseball. He also oversees facilities and equipment, game management and internal policies and procedures.
Since joining the Athletic Department, Miller has helped implement the long-term Financial Management Plan and Gender Equity Plan for the Athletic Association. He served on two NCAA Certification Steering Committees (1996-97 and 2002-03) and assisted in negotiating the Cards' local media and Nelligan Sports Marketing agreements.
Miller served as the athletic department representative on U of L's NCAA self-study steering committee. He has served as tournament manager for the 1992, 1993 and 1995 Metro Conference Tournaments; 2001 and 2003 C-USA tournaments; as well as the First and Second Rounds of the 1991 NCAA Tournament hosted by U of L. He helped establish the U of L Student-Athlete Advisory Board in 1994.
Miller worked 11 years in the U of L controller's office prior to joining the athletic department. He served in various capacities with the University Credit Union from 1977, including six years as a member of the union's Board of Directors. Miller has also been active with recreational sports programs on a volunteer basis in the Middletown suburb in which he lives.
A native of Lebanon Junction, Ky., Miller earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Western Kentucky University in 1973.
Miller and his wife, the former Betty Close, have two children -- son Jeremy and daughter Jennifer Buckingham, whose husband David is a fellow U of L graduate -- and one granddaughter, Riley Buckingham.
