Katie Capps 2022-23 Staff

Katie Capps currently serves as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations. She will also assume the role of Senior Woman Administrator in summer 2026 following the retirement of legendary ND administrator, Missy Conboy.

In her current role, Capps is a member of the department’s Senior Leadership Team, with oversight of Facilities, Centralized Services, and Equipment. She also serves as Sport Administrator for Women’s Lacrosse and Cheerleading.

Previously, Capps served as Associate Athletics Director, where she led strategic initiatives for the department. Prior to that, she was Associate Athletics Director for Administration, contributing to the department’s Competitive Excellence team and serving on the Sport Performance Leadership Team.

Capps began her Notre Dame tenure as Director of Operations for the women’s basketball program under Hall of Fame Coach Muffet McGraw from 2015–19. During that time, the Fighting Irish won the 2018 NCAA National Championship and finished as national runner-up in 2019. In this role, she managed business operations, supervised support staff, coordinated team travel, and served as a liaison across athletics and campus partners.

Before joining Notre Dame, Capps spent 11 seasons at the University of Kansas, where she coordinated business operations for the women’s basketball program, including team travel, community relations, and summer camps.

Capps began her professional career at her alma mater, Western Kentucky University, where she served as a graduate assistant for the Lady Topper women’s basketball program. A four-year letterwinner at WKU, she earned her bachelor’s degree in corporate and organizational communications and later completed a master’s degree at the University of Kansas School of Education.

A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Capps and her husband, Eric, have three children: Charlie, Harrison, and Winston.