Jun 30, 2021
Chris Plonsky has worked in college athletics since 1976 and is in her 33rd year at The University of Texas. She is executive senior associate athletics director/chief of staff and the University of Texas senior woman administrator for the Big 12 Conference and NCAA governance. Chris earned a B.S. in Journalism in 1979 at Kent State University, where she was a three-year basketball student-athlete, undergraduate athletics media relations assistant, and editor of The Daily Kent Stater. In 2021, Chris was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame. She is a USA Basketball board member, a US Olympic Committee Collegiate Advisory Council member, and an emeritus board member of the National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, Chris joined our Active Women’s Health Initiative Advisory Board.