Liz Darger
Liz Darger is the senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator (SWA) at Brigham Young University. She serves as the sport administrator for women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s gymnastics, the spirit squads, and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field. She also oversees human resources and gender equity for the athletic department. She has been at BYU since 2015, with previous experience as assistant women’s basketball coach at Utah Valley from 2009 to 2015.
Liz serves in several campus roles including as a Sorensen fellow for BYU’s Sorensen Center for Moral & Ethical Leadership, and as a campus Title IX liaison. She is a Utah Women & Leadership Project ambassador and serves on the Big 12 Conference SWA Committee. Additionally, Liz is a member of the NCAA Common Ground Leadership Team, tasked with exploring how representatives of faith-based and LGBTQ communities can work more cohesively in college sports and higher education to model respect for all.
She was appointed to serve on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee, with a five-year term that begins September 1, 2024. She was named on a short list of who could replace Tom Holmoe when he retired from his position as BYU Athletic Director.[1]
Darger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received a bachelor’s degree in family sciences and a master’s degree in school counseling psychology from Brigham Young University. After obtaining her master's degree, she became varsity women’s basketball coach and as a school guidance counselor at Timpanogos High School. During this time, she also became women’s athletic director at Timpanogos High School, and president of the Utah High School Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
She served as a part-time service missionary in LDS Distribution Services from 2003 to 2004. She has served as a member of the Young Women General Advisory Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
