Leeann Laing joined the UCF Athletics Association as the assistant athletics director for business and finance in April 2021. She is responsible for overseeing all business operations for the football team and the following departments: sports medicine, corporate partnerships, radio broadcast and the ChargeOn Fund.
Laing has more than a decade’s worth of experience supporting business operations for NCAA Division I athletic departments. She has previously worked for Tulane University, the College of William & Mary, University of Memphis and the University of Richmond.
Laing started her collegiate career as a swimmer at Tulane before transferring to North Carolina State University due to Hurricane Katrina. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport management with a minor in business management from NC State before returning to Tulane to graduate with her MBA.
Laing is a member of the College Athletic Business Manager Association (CABMA), sitting on two committees.