Tiffani-Dawn Sykes - Sport Administrator - Women's Track & Field Support Staff

Tiffani-Dawn Sykes

Title:
Sport Administrator
Alma Mater:
Virginia State ’01, Grambling State ’10
Email:
Katrina.E.DeCoff-Webster@dartmouth.edu
At Dartmouth:
3rd Year

Sykes, hired as the associate athletics director for compliance in October of 2019, was promoted one year later to senior associate athletics director for varsity sports while also taking on the role of senior woman administrator (SWA). In March 2022, she earned the title of executive senior associate athletics director for varsity sports while continuing her work as the SWA.

In her new role, Sykes will be responsible for providing leadership and direction to of all of Dartmouth’s 35 NCAA Division I varsity sports. She will have direct oversight of select varsity sport programs and other functional areas within the department, including varsity athletics communications, compliance and the ground-breaking Dartmouth Peak Performance (DP2) initiative.

As the associate athletics director for compliance, she not only oversaw all of the complex and difficult issues surrounding player eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, but served as the sport supervisor for the ski team as well, plus spearheaded the successful effort to bring the NCAA Skiing Championships to Hanover in 2025. She also took over oversight of men’s and women’s tennis, softball and women’s volleyball.

Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Sykes served as the assistant athletics director for compliance at Grambling State in Louisiana for two-and-a-half years, overseeing the day-to-day responsibilities of the department’s compliance program, including monitoring, education and certification. She also had sport responsibilities as the supervisor for the baseball, softball and women’s tennis teams, plus created “The Maul,” a fueling station for all GSU student-athletes.

Sykes has also spent time at Norfolk State for four years as an NCAA eligibility specialist and Chowan University in North Carolina for three years as the director of NCAA compliance. She began her career in college athletics in 2002 at Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Virginia, in sports information and took on the role of the Senior Woman Administrator during her four years there. Other stops include Virginia Union University, an initial stay at Grambling State during which time she earned her master’s degree in sport administration, and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) conference office.

A 2001 graduate of Virginia State with a bachelor’s degree in health, physical education, recreation and dance, Sykes was a team captain and four-year starter for the Trojans’ volleyball team as well as a three-year letter winner on the track and field team. She is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC), Women Leaders in College Sports and the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association.