Nicki Moore traded in her tar heels for black patent leather pumps when she became the newest Raider on July 1. She was previously the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator. Highlights of Moore’s 14-plus-year career include co-authoring the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) 2018 Strategic Plan for athletics, fostering gender equity as part of UNC’s Title IX review process, and launching Psychological Resources for Student-Athletes at University of Oklahoma.
Facts about Moore:
- At UNC–Chapel Hill, she oversaw a program of 28 sports with more than 800 student-athletes, achieving two top 10 Directors Cup finishes, five National Championships, and eight ACC Championships in the past three years.
- She received her bachelor’s in secondary education from University of Missouri and holds both a master’s and doctorate in counseling psychology with an emphasis in sport psychology.
- She opened her own private sport psychology practice before going into athletics administration.
- As an undergraduate, she earned Division I Academic All-America honors, was a four-time captain on the track and field and cross country teams, and was a silver medalist at the USA Outdoor Junior Nationals and the Junior Pan Am Games.
- She is joined by her husband, Dr. Bill Moore, and son Ian in Hamilton.
- She rides one mean unicycle.