Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes
Athletic Director | Dillard University
New Orleans, LA, UNITED STATES
Providing strategic leadership, administrative direction and oversight of all intercollegiate programs.
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Biography
As Athletic Director at Dillard University, Kiki Baker Barnes has distinguished herself as an outstanding professional, community servant and mentor. She assumed the leadership role in Dillard’s athletic department in 2006. She simultaneously held the position of head coach of the women’s basketball team until March 2013. Her initial responsibility was to facilitate the return of the athletics program after it was shuttered following Hurricane Katrina. She has not only resurrected the program, but she has also grown the program into a national model of student-athlete success and community service. Since taking the helm, Dillard’s athletic program has seen the establishment of new sports teams and the university's first endowed athletic scholarship. A leader in sports administration, she was elected President of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)(2009), directing its growth after several universities departed for other conferences. Barnes has become a national expert in strategic planning, organizational management and program revitalization leading her to accept positions as a member of several organizations such as, the National Administrative Council of the NAIA, and the Black Coaches and Administrators Board of Directors Strategic Planning Committee. She currently serves as Chair of the (NAIA) Conduct and Ethics committee and was recently selected as an inaugural member of the NAIA Athletic Directors Association Board of Directors. A trailblazer as well, Barnes is the first female and first African-American president of the GCAC. In 2011 and 2014, her peers voted her GCAC Athletic Director of the Year. She was most recently named to New Orleans Magazine “People to Watch Class of 2014” and was honored by the Girls Scouts of Louisiana Southeast as a 2014 Woman of Distinction. Barnes also received the Gambit’s Top 40 under 40 of New Orleanians making a difference in the community in 2013. Barnes was featured as one of 6 women of empowerment in the 2012 Minority Report in New Orleans. Barnes is currently conducting research on the relationship between coach’s influence, student engagement, and student-athlete success.
Industry Expertise (4)
Sport - Amateur
Training and Development
Education/Learning
Program Development
Areas of Expertise (9)
Women in Sports
Program Management
Leadership
Community Outreach
Fundraising
Basketball
Student Affairs
Event Planning
Volunteer Management
Accomplishments (6)
Girl Scout Woman of Distinction (professional)
2014-11-07
Awarded by Girl Scout Louisiana East.
People to Watch Class of 2014 (professional)
2014-09-13
Named by New Orleans Magazine.
Athletic Director of the Year (professional)
2014-07-07
Awarded by the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference.
40 Under 40 (professional)
2013-11-04
Named by Gambit Magazine.
Athletic Director of the Year (professional)
2010-12-31
Awarded by the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference.
Achieving Coaching Excellence Program (professional)
2008-01-01
Selected by Black Coaches and Administrators Association.
Education (4)
University of New Orleans: Ph.D., Higher Education / Higher Education Administration 2014
University of Louisiana at Lafayette: M.S., Communication and Media Studies 2001
University of New Orleans: B.GS., Mass Communication / Media Studies 1997
South Plains College: A.A., Mass Communication / Media Studies 1995
Affiliations (6)
- Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) : President
- National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) : National Administrative Council
- Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
- National Association of College Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA)
- NAIA Athletic Directors Association Board of Directors
- National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
Languages (1)
- English
Media Appearances (6)
Woman of Distinction Luncheon
Girl Scout Louisiana East online
2014-11-07
Under the chairing of Stephanie Osborne and Elizabeth “Betsy” Stoner, both Girl Scout Council board members, and with presenting sponsorship by Winn-Dixie, the Girl Scouts Louisiana East held the 2014 Women of Distinction Luncheon in the Audubon Tea Room.
People to Watch Class of 2014
New Orleans Magazine print
2014-09-13
As Athletic Director of Dillard University, Kiki Baker Barnes “provides strategic leadership, administrative direction and oversight of all intercollegiate programs.”
Dillard's Barnes wins A.D. of the year for second time in career
Dillard Bleu Devils online
2014-07-07
The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced that Kiki Baker Barnes is the 2013-14 GCAC Athletics Director of the Year. Barnes recently completed her eighth year in the position at Dillard University, and she also serves as GCAC President. She first won the award back in 2010-11...
Gambits' 2013 40 under 40
Gambit Magazine print
2013-11-04
An annual look at 40 New Orleanians who are making the city a better place.
Her Plan Was Athletic Director at 45, His Plan Was 32
The Minority Report online
2012-10-11
Dillard University's most recent championships in volleyball and men's track were won with a poster. Kiki Baker Barnes, the university's athletic director, was tired of seeing promotional materials from a ring company with major colleges used in the sample pictures. So after the annual Student Athlete Leadership Training, where sports teams were already inspired from the dynamic speakers, Barnes gave everyone posters with Dillard University rings pictured...
Kiki Baker Barnes makes Black History
Brassy Brown online
2012-02-01
We are starting off Black History Month with an interview with Dillard University's Kiki Baker Barnes...
Event Appearances (6)
Surviving and Thriving in the Early Years as an Athletic Director: Creating a Roadmap for Success.
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Convention Charlotte, NC
2015-04-13
Measuring Head Coach's Influence on Student-Athlete Character Development
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Convention Charlotte, NC
2015-04-12
How Head Coaches' Influence and Campus Climate contribute to Student-Athlete Engagement and Success
Dillard University Faculty/Staff Research Symposium New Orleans, LA
2015-04-10
Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown
Louisiana Statewide Convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Baton Rouge, LA
2015-03-28
New Orleans Junior League and The Idea Village presents - How She Did It: Four Women Surviving and Thriving in Male Dominated Industries
IDEAInstitute New Orleans, LA
2014-12-10
ToGetHerThere Panel
Girl Scout Louisiana East Centennial Celebration Gonzales, Louisiana
2012-03-16
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Articles (3)
The Relationship Between Head Coaches Influence and Student Engagement of NCAA D1 Women Basketball Players: Implications for Student-Athlete Success
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1901
2014-12-18
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recently passed new legislation highlighting the critical role coaches play in student-athlete success called the Head Coach’s Academic Progress Rate (APR). The APR measure does not calculate the actions of the head coach and is therefore an inadequate measure of coaches’ influence. There are numerous verbal accounts of the influence of the coach on student-athlete success, but there is little quantitative data to support this claim. As a result, this correlational study explored the relationship between head coaches’ influence and student engagement among a sample of 135 women basketball players at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (DI) institutions. The Student-Athlete Perception of Coaches’ Influence, Student Engagement and Student Athlete Success Survey (SAPCISESASS), an instrument developed by the researcher, was used to measure coaches’ influence and engagement.
College Coach's Leadership and the Student-Athlete Experience
Phi Delta Kappa - University of New Orleans Chapter Poster Presentation
2011-11-28
The impact of sport participation on student-athlete development has been widely debated. While most of the research has been centered on the effects of college participation on student-athlete development, little attention has been given to the coach’s role in their development. According to several prominent higher education officials, coaches are the single most important variable in the equation.
Images of Female Athletes on the Covers of Collegiate Media Guides
Association for Education, Journalism and Mass Communications Conference
2000-07-01
In the advertising and news media. female athletes are consistently trivialized and marginalized through stereotypical images and minimal coverage. These media seem to still ignore the fact that female athletes have professional careers and continue to emphasize the personal areas of their lives...
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