| Alison Sexton | |
| Sr. Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator |
| asexton@fairfield.edu | |
| ext. 2879 | WAC 222 |
Alison Sexton is in her 13th year as a
member of the Fairfield University Department of Athletics.
She currently serves as the Senior Associate Athletics Director and
Senior Woman Administrator.
In her role, Sexton is responsible for overseeing the welfare of
the Stags nearly 400 student-athletes, from academics to
housing. She also is the primary administrator for eight
sports: men's and women's swimming and diving, softball, baseball,
men's soccer, men's and women's rowing and volleyball. In
addition to those duties, Sexton is the department's liaison to the
University's Human Resources office and represents Fairfield at
MAAC and NCAA meetings.
Sexton began her professional career as an intern at the NCAA
National Office, in 1989-90. The year the office moved from
Mission, Kan. to Overland Park, Kan. She came to the East
Coast in 1991, when she was named the Senior Woman Administrator at
Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., a post she held until 1997,
when she came to Fairfield.
A native of Cambridge, Neb., Sexton attended Hastings (Neb.)
College, where she was a member of the women's basketball team and
graduated in 1986 with a B.A. in Physical Education/Coaching
Certificate. Sexton earned an M.A. Sport Administration from
Mankato (MN) State in 1996.
She currently resides in Fairfield, Conn.
