Keanah Smith joined the Western Michigan athletic department in August of 2018 as the Senior Associate Athletic Director, Senior Woman Administrator.
Smith joined the Broncos from the Mountain West Conference, where she held the role of Senior Associate Commissioner since March 2016. While at the Mountain West, she was a member of the conference's senior leadership team and served as the primary administrator for the league's overall championships operation. She also was the primary liaison to three senior level groups: Senior Woman Administrators, Athletic Director's Competition Committee and Board of Directors Competition, and the Sportsmanship and Ethics Committee.
Prior to the Mountain West Conference, Smith served as the associate athletic director and chief operations officer at Mid-American Conference member Miami University (Ohio). She joined the RedHawks' staff in 2007 as the assistant athletic director for game operations and was promoted in 2010 to associate athletic director for game and internal operations. During her time at Miami, Smith was responsible for all aspects of athletic events hosted on Miami University's campus and established comprehensive policies, procedures and protocols for the RedHawks' 16 varsity sports and supervised the sports of women's soccer and softball. With her promotion in June 2015 to chief operations officer, she added oversight of marketing and ticket operations.
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From 2001-07, Smith served as an assistant director of championships at the NCAA, following three years as an assistant director of championships at Conference USA (1999-2001). She also spent time at Appalachian State (1997-99) as an assistant coordinator of academic services, and completed an internship at Conference USA (1996-97).
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A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Smith earned both her bachelor's degree in health and sport studies in 1994 and her master's in sport studies in 1995 from Miami. Her graduate assistantship was with the Miami men's basketball program. Following her graduate studies, Smith worked as an administrator for the Reggie Miller Basketball Camp and a coordinator of training for Indiana Special Olympics.
