ORLANDO, Fla. – UCF Athletics has named Chandler Couch its new Associate Athletics Director for Executive Operations, adding an experienced professional sports administrator to the Knights’ executive staff.
Couch will oversee the day-to-day operations of the athletics director’s office, including executive scheduling, departmental planning, board governance and coordination of high-impact initiatives. She will serve as a key liaison to university leadership, trustees, conference officials, donors and community partners while supporting donor stewardship, special projects and executive game-day operations.
“Chandler brings tremendous organizational skills, sound judgment and valuable experience supporting executive leaders in professional sports,” UCF Vice President and Director of Athletics Terry Mohajir said. “Her leadership will strengthen our executive operations, improve coordination across the department and help position our staff to operate as efficiently and effectively as possible. We are excited to welcome her to UCF.”
Couch joins the Knights from the Texas Rangers, where she most recently served as executive administrator for baseball operations and scouting. In that role, she coordinated complex calendars, meetings, travel and daily logistics for the team president and a 10-person executive group while managing confidential communications and overseeing expenses for two multimillion dollar operating budgets.
“I am thrilled to join UCF Athletics and contribute to a department with such an ambitious vision for the future,” Couch said. “I look forward to supporting Terry and the executive staff, building strong relationships across the university and Orlando community, and helping ensure our leadership team is positioned to serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and supporters at the highest level.”
She previously served the Rangers as assistant director of scouting administration and assistant director of pro scouting. Her responsibilities included managing administrative operations for a 30-person scouting department, coordinating travel and coverage schedules, facilitating the onboarding of new hires and drafted players, and planning organizational meetings for more than 50 participants.
Couch began her professional career with the Baltimore Orioles, serving as coordinator of draft operations and as an amateur scouting fellow. She earned her bachelor’s degree in integrated marketing communications from the University of Mississippi.