Kevin White currently serves as the associate athletics director for sports programs. His responsibilities include supervising a variety of sports teams.
Prior to JMU, White was an academic advisor, an assistant director and then an associate director of the student-athlete services area at Florida State University from 1997-2004. He dealt extensively with the admissions and eligibility processes as well as initiated and oversaw an operation to assist student-athletes with learning challenges. That included the hiring of a learning specialist.
White graduated from JMU in 1991 with a sociology and communications degree. During his undergraduate career, he was a scholarship football student-athlete. White earned a master’s degree in higher education from JMU while working for six years in the athletics division’s academic services as a graduate assistant, academic counselor and the first coordinator of JMU’s NCAA Life Skills program.
The Seat Pleasant, Md. native, is married to the former Nora Maguire, who was a JMU lacrosse standout and is now a member of JMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame. They reside with their four children.