(wsu) Wichita State University President Rick Muma has announced the hiring of Kevin Saal as WSU’s new Director of Athletics.
Saal, who has been athletic director at Murray State University since March 2019, will take the reins of the Shocker Athletics program from WSU’s interim athletic director, Sarah Adams, effective mid-July.
Before coming to Murray State, Saal spent 12 years at the University of Kentucky, where he held various roles before being named executive associate director of athletics, working under the leadership of Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart.
Saal, 44, is from Kansas. He worked at Kansas State University from 2000-05, where he was event coordinator and had administrative responsibilities supporting men’s and women’s golf and rowing. From 2005-07, Saal was director of operations at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
In 2000, Saal received his master’s degree in athletics administration from the University of Kansas, after spending time at the University of Arkansas — where he was a swimming and diving student-athlete — and Texas Christian University, where he earned his bachelor’s in psychology.
