Veteran administrator Brandi Stuart joined Penn State Athletics as deputy athletics director for administration and external operations in March 2023. Stuart oversees compliance, student-athlete development and enrichment, athletics integrity, strategic communications, creative content and branding, marketing, and video production. She will also serve as the liaison to the Morgan Academic Center, faculty senate, Big Ten Network and student conduct.
Stuart comes to Happy Valley after spending two years at Texas Tech as the executive senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator. In her role at TTU, she was responsible for supervising the department’s sport administrator program, Title IX and diversity, equity and inclusion education and initiatives.
Prior to her time at Texas Tech, Stuart served in a leadership role for more than five years at UCF. She joined the Knights as the senior associate athletics director for student-athlete welfare and development before being promoted to executive associate athletics director in 2018 and deputy athletics director for student-athlete success in November 2020.
In her role at UCF, Stuart was responsible for student-athlete welfare and development, academic services, sports medicine, sports performance, nutrition and counseling services. She was the campus liaison for all student conduct and Title IX, while also serving as the sport administrator for soccer, women’s basketball and softball. She served as the chair of the NCAA Softball Committee from 2018-20, where she was responsible for leading the selection, seeding and bracketing of the NCAA Softball Championship. She also served on the NCAA Softball Committee for two years while she was at Florida State.
Stuart spent three years (2012-15) at the California Interscholastic Federation as assistant commissioner and senior director. She also held the position of associate athletics director for student services at Florida State for four years (2008-12). In her stint at Florida State, she managed student-athlete development and educational programing for new student-athlete orientation, the Peers Helping Athletes Transition program, the all-sports banquet, exit interviews, alcohol, drug and violence prevention educational programs, leadership curriculum and other initiatives.
Stuart also held positions as the director of life skills and community outreach at Alabama, assistant director of student services at Florida State and assistant director of championships at the ACC.
For the past 10-plus years, Stuart has been a consultant and facilitator for the Institute for Sport and Social Justice and the Huddle Up (violence prevention) program. She serves as a senior lead trainer for program delivery, working with intercollegiate athletics departments as well as NBA and MLB teams and various branches of the military.
Stuart earned her bachelor’s degree in communications studies from Florida State in 2003 and her master’s degree in sports administration in 2015. She was an All-American infielder for the Seminoles from 2000-03 and remains one of FSU’s all-time leaders in nearly every offensive and fielding category. She was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.
Stuart comes to Happy Valley after spending two years at Texas Tech as the executive senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator. In her role at TTU, she was responsible for supervising the department’s sport administrator program, Title IX and diversity, equity and inclusion education and initiatives.
Prior to her time at Texas Tech, Stuart served in a leadership role for more than five years at UCF. She joined the Knights as the senior associate athletics director for student-athlete welfare and development before being promoted to executive associate athletics director in 2018 and deputy athletics director for student-athlete success in November 2020.
In her role at UCF, Stuart was responsible for student-athlete welfare and development, academic services, sports medicine, sports performance, nutrition and counseling services. She was the campus liaison for all student conduct and Title IX, while also serving as the sport administrator for soccer, women’s basketball and softball. She served as the chair of the NCAA Softball Committee from 2018-20, where she was responsible for leading the selection, seeding and bracketing of the NCAA Softball Championship. She also served on the NCAA Softball Committee for two years while she was at Florida State.
Stuart spent three years (2012-15) at the California Interscholastic Federation as assistant commissioner and senior director. She also held the position of associate athletics director for student services at Florida State for four years (2008-12). In her stint at Florida State, she managed student-athlete development and educational programing for new student-athlete orientation, the Peers Helping Athletes Transition program, the all-sports banquet, exit interviews, alcohol, drug and violence prevention educational programs, leadership curriculum and other initiatives.
Stuart also held positions as the director of life skills and community outreach at Alabama, assistant director of student services at Florida State and assistant director of championships at the ACC.
For the past 10-plus years, Stuart has been a consultant and facilitator for the Institute for Sport and Social Justice and the Huddle Up (violence prevention) program. She serves as a senior lead trainer for program delivery, working with intercollegiate athletics departments as well as NBA and MLB teams and various branches of the military.
Stuart earned her bachelor’s degree in communications studies from Florida State in 2003 and her master’s degree in sports administration in 2015. She was an All-American infielder for the Seminoles from 2000-03 and remains one of FSU’s all-time leaders in nearly every offensive and fielding category. She was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.