Jill Theeler

Jill Theeler, originally of Mitchell, S.D., is in her second year as the assistant athletic director/compliance officer/senior woman administrator for Coyote Athletics. Theeler provides oversight for compliance/eligibility, serves as the athletic representative to the NCAA, NCC and University events, and provides supervision of assigned staff. She oversees all aspects of the development and implementation of departmental gender and minority equity plans. Theeler began her duties at USD on August 14, 2006.

Theeler served as compliance coordinator at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, Calif.) from July 2005 through August 2006. Theeler has received a B.S. degree in business administration (May, 2002) from North Dakota State University and earned two graduate degrees at Ohio University in Athens, including a master of business administration degree (December 2003) and a master of sports administration degree (June 2004). Prior to joining the USC staff, Theeler was a membership services intern with the NCAA in Indianapolis, Ind., and (2004-05). She served as a business consultant for the Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs in Athens, Ohio (2002-04). She also was an intern (2002, 2004) in the North Central Conference Office in Sioux Falls, S.D., and an athletic department intern (2003) at the University of Washington.

As a student-athlete at NDSU, Theeler was a team captain and four-year letter winner from 1997-2002. She also served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) president at NDSU. Theeler was the NCAA Woman of the Year for North Dakota in 2002 and recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Theeler was both the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the Verizon Track/Cross Country Academic All-American of the Year in 2002. She also received the Woody Hayes National Scholarship Athlete Award. A 19-time NCAA Division II All-American, Theeler helped lead the NDSU team to an indoor national Division II title in 2002. During that championship season, she was a member of the 4x400-meter relay that won an indoor title.