Tim Allen joined the UCF Athletics administrative staff in September 2021 as executive associate athletics director and serves as the sport administrator for baseball, men's and women's golf and rowing, while also working with the department's sports operations.
Allen came to Orlando after 12 seasons as director of football operations at Michigan State where he worked alongside College Football Hall of Famer Mark Dantonio. He was promoted to assistant athletic director in 2015 and originally joined the Spartan staff in June 2008.
For the Spartans, Allen oversaw day-to-day operations and the budget of the football program. His duties included coordinating team travel, bowl game preparations, game management, future scheduling and facility updates. He also oversaw the football operations staff, graduate assistants, interns and all student employees. Allen was named to the Rose Bowl Advisory Committee in 2018.
During his tenure at Michigan State, the Spartans won three Big Ten Championships (2010, 2013, 2015) and played in 11 bowl games, including three consecutive Bowl Championship Series/New Year’s Six appearances (2014 Rose, 2015 Cotton, 2015 College Football Playoff Semifinal at Cotton Bowl). In addition, the Spartans finished in the final national polls seven times.
Allen previously spent 19 seasons on Glen Mason’s football coaching staff at Kansas (1988-96) and Minnesota (1997-2006). He came to Michigan State following 10 years at Minnesota where he served as assistant athletics director for football operations. During his tenure, the Golden Gophers made seven postseason bowl appearances, including five straight trips from 2002-06, and finished ranked among the nation’s top 25 on two occasions (17th by coaches, 18th by Associated Press in 1999; 2003: 17th by coaches, 20th by AP in 2003). From 1999-2005, Minnesota averaged better than seven wins per season (50 total).
Before going to Minnesota, Allen worked 11 seasons at Kansas--beginning as a defensive graduate assistant in 1986 and then being promoted to administrative assistant for football operations in 1987. He was retained when Mason became the Jayhawks’ head coach in 1988. During his stint in Lawrence, Allen was part of one of college football’s most dramatic turnarounds as Kansas recorded a pair of Aloha Bowl victories (1992 over BYU, 1995 over UCLA) and two top-25 finishes (22nd by AP, 23rd by United Press International in 1992; 9th by AP, 10th by UPI in 1995).
While at Kansas, he served as the academic liaison for football and organized the on-campus recruiting efforts in addition to his other football operations duties. From 1993-96 he worked on the Jayhawk athletic staff alongside current UCF vice president and director of athletics Terry Mohajir. Allen has been part of 20 different football teams that appeared in postseason bowl games.
From 1982-85, he worked as an assistant football coach (wide receivers, 1982-83; defensive backs/special teams coordinator, 1984-85) and admissions counselor at his alma mater, Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. In October 2003, Allen and members of the 1984 Threshers football team that posted an undefeated regular-season record (9-0) en route to winning the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship and finishing second in the NAIA Division II final rankings were inducted into the Bethel College Athletic Hall of Fame.
A native of Seneca, Kansas, Allen earned two letters as a wide receiver and was elected team captain as a senior at Bethel College. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in health, physical education and recreation from Bethel College in 1986.
Allen and his wife Rochelle have four children: Brett, Brianna, Brooke and Brandon.
Allen came to Orlando after 12 seasons as director of football operations at Michigan State where he worked alongside College Football Hall of Famer Mark Dantonio. He was promoted to assistant athletic director in 2015 and originally joined the Spartan staff in June 2008.
For the Spartans, Allen oversaw day-to-day operations and the budget of the football program. His duties included coordinating team travel, bowl game preparations, game management, future scheduling and facility updates. He also oversaw the football operations staff, graduate assistants, interns and all student employees. Allen was named to the Rose Bowl Advisory Committee in 2018.
During his tenure at Michigan State, the Spartans won three Big Ten Championships (2010, 2013, 2015) and played in 11 bowl games, including three consecutive Bowl Championship Series/New Year’s Six appearances (2014 Rose, 2015 Cotton, 2015 College Football Playoff Semifinal at Cotton Bowl). In addition, the Spartans finished in the final national polls seven times.
Allen previously spent 19 seasons on Glen Mason’s football coaching staff at Kansas (1988-96) and Minnesota (1997-2006). He came to Michigan State following 10 years at Minnesota where he served as assistant athletics director for football operations. During his tenure, the Golden Gophers made seven postseason bowl appearances, including five straight trips from 2002-06, and finished ranked among the nation’s top 25 on two occasions (17th by coaches, 18th by Associated Press in 1999; 2003: 17th by coaches, 20th by AP in 2003). From 1999-2005, Minnesota averaged better than seven wins per season (50 total).
Before going to Minnesota, Allen worked 11 seasons at Kansas--beginning as a defensive graduate assistant in 1986 and then being promoted to administrative assistant for football operations in 1987. He was retained when Mason became the Jayhawks’ head coach in 1988. During his stint in Lawrence, Allen was part of one of college football’s most dramatic turnarounds as Kansas recorded a pair of Aloha Bowl victories (1992 over BYU, 1995 over UCLA) and two top-25 finishes (22nd by AP, 23rd by United Press International in 1992; 9th by AP, 10th by UPI in 1995).
While at Kansas, he served as the academic liaison for football and organized the on-campus recruiting efforts in addition to his other football operations duties. From 1993-96 he worked on the Jayhawk athletic staff alongside current UCF vice president and director of athletics Terry Mohajir. Allen has been part of 20 different football teams that appeared in postseason bowl games.
From 1982-85, he worked as an assistant football coach (wide receivers, 1982-83; defensive backs/special teams coordinator, 1984-85) and admissions counselor at his alma mater, Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. In October 2003, Allen and members of the 1984 Threshers football team that posted an undefeated regular-season record (9-0) en route to winning the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship and finishing second in the NAIA Division II final rankings were inducted into the Bethel College Athletic Hall of Fame.
A native of Seneca, Kansas, Allen earned two letters as a wide receiver and was elected team captain as a senior at Bethel College. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in health, physical education and recreation from Bethel College in 1986.
Allen and his wife Rochelle have four children: Brett, Brianna, Brooke and Brandon.