Kirk Diehl has served as the Director of the Varsity `S’ Club since June 2014 as an Alumni Relations Specialist in the Nittany Lion Club. Diehl spent 17 years in the Penn State football program from 1997-2014 in various roles ending as the Director of Football Operations from August 2012-June 2014 where he worked closely with head coach Bill O'Brien and the coaching and football staffs on all aspects of the program, including team planning and travel, budgets, home game arrangements, recruiting operations, camps, and special projects.
Diehl also oversaw scheduling and maintenance of the Lasch Football Building and Holuba Hall, Penn State's indoor practice facility. He began his career as an assistant equipment manager with the football program under Joe Paterno from 1997-98.
He earned a degree in broadcast journalism in 1996 and a Master of Higher Education degree from Penn State in 2005. A native of Warren, OH, Kirk resides in State College with his wife, Dr. Abigail Diehl, who is an Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs. They have two children, a daughter named Madeline (22) and a son named Nathaniel (18).