Full Name
Nina King
Job Title
Vice President, King-Compton Families Director of Athletics and Adjunct Professor of Business Administration
Company
Duke University
Speaker Bio
Nina King was named Vice President and Director of Athletics and Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University on May 19, 2021. In February 2025, the KingCompton Families Athletics Directorship Endowment was established in support of Duke's principal athletics leadership position. In this role, she oversees Duke's 27 varsity sports, Campus Recreation & Physical Education Program, and the Duke University Golf Course.
King was appointed to her current role at Duke after 13 years on the department's executive leadership team and serves on the Board of Directors for various organizations, including USA Basketball, Women Leaders in Sports, and Collegiate Women Sports Awards. She is also a member of the Arizona State University College of Law Sports Law and Business Program Advisory Board as well as the Durham Academy Board of Trustees. Previously, she served as the Chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee for two years and a member of the NCAA Committee on Institutional Performance.
The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS Nike Executive of the Year and 2018 Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 Class member is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received her juris doctorate degree from Tulane Law School. King and her husband, Rick, reside in Durham with their two children.
King was appointed to her current role at Duke after 13 years on the department's executive leadership team and serves on the Board of Directors for various organizations, including USA Basketball, Women Leaders in Sports, and Collegiate Women Sports Awards. She is also a member of the Arizona State University College of Law Sports Law and Business Program Advisory Board as well as the Durham Academy Board of Trustees. Previously, she served as the Chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee for two years and a member of the NCAA Committee on Institutional Performance.
The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS Nike Executive of the Year and 2018 Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 Class member is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received her juris doctorate degree from Tulane Law School. King and her husband, Rick, reside in Durham with their two children.
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