Executive Senior Associate AD/SWA
Temple University
Mary McElroy is in her third year as Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) at Temple.
At Temple she coordinates the overall administration of varsity sports and serves as the primary sport administrator for women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s track, fencing and volleyball. She also oversees Temple’s sports medicine and strength and conditioning staffs.
McElroy joined the Owls’ staff in July 2015 from the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) in Atlanta, Ga., where she served as the Director for Partner Services. A majority of her work saw her responsible for 65 of the 150 Division I member institutions served by the company.
Prior to her experience at CLC, McElroy served as the Associate Director of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship in 2013. Her duties at the NCAA included the management of a $6 million budget for the event, as well as directing the game day operations during the Women’s Final Four.
McElroy has served on the staff of five different NCAA schools, most recently as the Assistant Director of Student Services for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association. She also served as the Senior Associate Athletic Director and SWA at Southern Methodist University in 2009, and was the Director of Athletics at Georgia State University from 2005 to 2008. McElroy served in various other roles at Georgia Tech from 1999 to 2005, including Senior Associate Athletic Director and Director of Compliance.
McElroy got her start in college athletics at her alma mater, the United States Naval Academy. She spent three years with the Naval Academy Athletic Association as SWA and Assistant Athletic Director, before a stint as the academy’s Director of Alumni Services.
A former Division I varsity basketball player, McElroy earned a degree with merit from the Naval Academy in 1987. After graduation, she served as a supply officer in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years, attaining the rank of captain. McElroy completed her MBA at Georgia Tech in 2000. McElroy and her husband, Terry, have two adult sons, Darrin, and Austin.