Director of Athletics

About the College

Founded in 1800, Middlebury College (Middlebury) is a premier, highly selective liberal arts institution in Vermont’s Champlain Valley, rooted in a deep tradition of academic excellence, civic engagement, and ethical leadership. The College enrolls approximately 2,600 undergraduates and is distinguished by its global reach, leadership in environmental sustainability, rigorous scholarship, close faculty mentorship, and a deeply engaged campus community, combining intellectual ambition with a commitment to character, service, and global citizenship.

With a curriculum anchored in the liberal arts and an approach to learning responsive to an evolving, increasingly complex world, a Middlebury education is as distinct as it is comprehensive. The College offers a 21st-century global liberal arts education. Scholarship and research are not confined to the classroom or laboratory, or even to a particular field of study. A robust offering of 46 majors, dozens of minors, and academic programs provide students with a diverse range of disciplines to explore and to experience, and each discipline is intended to work in concert with another, fostering an evolution of cross-disciplinary collaboration that is at the heart of the academic experience at Middlebury.

Middlebury’s students may pursue departmental, joint, or interdisciplinary majors and minors, supported by robust advising and experiential programs such the Center for Community Engagement (CCE), Innovation Hub, and Center for Careers and Internships (CCI), all of which connect learning to real-world impact through internships, research, and leadership initiatives.

Middlebury’s academic offerings also include top-quality specialized education beyond the undergraduate college, including graduate education in selected areas of critical importance to a rapidly changing world community. Middlebury’s programs include the Middlebury Language Schools (offering full immersion language study in 12 languages), Middlebury C.V. Starr Schools Abroad (offering study abroad opportunities in more than 40 sites around the world), Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English (an intensive summer master’s and continuing education program for teachers and other professionals), and the Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences (faculty members include some of the world’s most notable writers and translators).

Athletics reflects the College’s commitment to holistic student development and community engagement. Middlebury Athletics fosters the pursuit of excellence in training and competition for student-athletes, preparing them for lives of personal growth, lifelong learning, and service. Middlebury is an NCAA Division III institution that sponsors 31 varsity teams—all of which compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)—with the exception of the men’s and women’s alpine and Nordic ski teams.

The ski teams compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association and are part of the National Collegiate division within the NCAA, which operates as a single, combined division with teams from Division I, II, and III. Varsity sports include basketball, volleyball, soccer, squash, tennis, lacrosse, football, field hockey, golf, swimming/diving, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball, softball, and ice hockey.

The Athletics Department also sponsors two club sports: rugby and crew.

Middlebury’s varsity programs boast 49 team national championships, 42 individual NCAA champions, and 123 NESCAC championships—with nearly 27 percent of students participating in varsity athletics and almost 200 competing in multiple sports—a testament to Middlebury’s culture of achievement rooted in integrity and sportsmanship.

Middlebury’s athletic impact extends globally, featuring 42 Olympians and seven Paralympians, collectively earning multiple medals and representing the College with distinction across disciplines from skiing to sailing. Guided by the principles of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, and Accountability (RITA), the Athletics Department fosters character, leadership, and lifelong values, creating a sense…