Western Michigan University Athletics

Lorne Robertson was named Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration, Academics and Compliance in July of 2022

Robertson serves as a member of the Athletic Director's Executive staff, while overseeing the Academic Support Services Unit for the department's 370 student-athletes and the office of NCAA Compliance. His duties also include providing leadership within Sports Administration team and the further development of Western Michigan's NIL program.
 
Robertson joins WMU after spending the four years at Tulane University as the Senior Associate AD for Administration and Assistant Provost. With the Green Wave he served as sport administrator for nationally ranked baseball team, men's and women's cross country and track and field teams, and women's and co-ed sailing team that went on to win the 2022 National Championship.
 
Robertson also helped facilitate the creation of the "Fear the Wave Collective", a Name Image Likeness collective designed around a media company that enters into NIL deals with Tulane student-athletes. In his role, he helped student-athletes navigate over 150 NIL deals in the 2021-22 school year.
 
Prior to his second stint with Tulane he served as the Associate AD for Compliance Services at Stanford from 2015-18. He first joined TU in 2013 as the Assistant Provost for NCAA Compliance. Robertson graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in public law and government before going on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law.