Elon University Athletics

Kyle Wills joined the Elon Athletics staff as the supervisor of athletic facilities following his graduation. In 1987 he assumed the role of athletic business manager and was promoted to assistant athletic director for business and operations in 1995. He was again promoted, this time to associate athletic director, in 1998 before assuming his current role of senior associate athletic director in 2004. During his 35-year tenure, Elon has been associated with five athletic conferences – the Carolinas Conference, the South Atlantic Conference, the Big South Conference, the Southern Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association. In that time Elon has risen from the NAIA ranks to NCAA Division II to its current status as an NCAA Division I athletic program. While Wills has been a fulltime staff member for 35 years, his association with Elon dates back another decade. Wills first became engaged with Elon when his father was hired as the athletic department's first athletic trainer and assistant athletic director. As a student at Elon, Wills served as the head equipment manager for the football team that won the 1980 NAIA title, collected four conference titles and compiled a 49-11-1 record. Wills has not missed a home football game since 1970.