North Carolina State University Athletics
Chris Kingston Joins Athletics Department
8/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics
Aug. 30, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. -- NC State Director of Athletics Deborah A. Yow announced today the hiring of Chris Kingston as Senior Associate Director of Athletics.
Kingston will oversee external initiatives, outdoor facilities, indoor facilities, game operations, athletic branding, multimedia rights, and NCAA recertification. He will serve as the athletics department's liaison to the Wolfpack Club and will serve on the Intercollegiate Athletics Cabinet.
Kingston will have administrative oversight for men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's tennis, wrestling and rifle.
"Chris Kingston is a high-energy, focused professional, who enjoys achieving," Yow said. "He will strengthen the efforts of our senior staff by adding his experience and passion for athletics to all we pursue for Wolfpack athletics."
Kingston comes to NC State from the U.S. Military Academy, where he served four years as the Associate Director of Athletics for Operations before becoming the Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics/Director of Annual Giving.
Kingston's most recent position included handling of the daily operations of the Army A-Club. He directed the Army Athletic Association's annual fund-raising campaign. He also worked with each of the department's 25 Division I intercollegiate teams with regards to their specific fund-raising accounts.
Also in that capacity, he organized the Athletic Director's Tailgate and the home and away football donor events. He also had direct oversight of the ticket office and was leading the transition of a multiyear agreement with Paciolan as the Athletic Association began to streamline customer service with digital ticketing. Kingston was part of the association's external operations team, which helped to synchronize the ticket office, Army A-Club and marketing efforts.
Other day-to-day business for Kingston included sport supervision for the golf, gymnastics, men's soccer and rifle teams.
Kingston is a 2010 graduate of the Executive Program of the Sports Management Institute and attended instruction at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and the University of Texas's McCombs School of Business. Additionally, he is a member of the NCAA Rifle Committee.
Kingston was instrumental in several recent coaching hires at the Army Athletic Association. He planned, organized and executed searches for head football, men's basketball, men's soccer and men's golf coaches.
Kingston was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Corps upon graduation from the University of Central Florida in May 1994. He retired from the U.S. Army in September 2009.
In addition to picking up his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Central Florida, Kingston earned his master's degree in leadership development and educational counseling from Long Island University prior to his initial assignment to West Point.
Kingston and his wife, Stephanie, a native of Whiteville, N.C., have four children: Lakin, Christopher Jr., Luke, and Mackenzie.
