Theresa Grosbach joined the Griffon Athletics staff in July of 2018 as associate director of athletics for student success and senior woman administrator after six years as athletic director at Baker University. She took over as Interim Director of Athletics on August 30, 2021 when Josh Looney took the Director of Athletics position at the University of North Alabama. Grosbach finished her interim on May 2, 2022 when Andy Carter was hired as Missouri Western's ninth director of athletics.
The former Theresa Yetmar was named NAIA Conference Athletics Director of the Year in 2011, 12, 13 and 15 and was also named Women Leaders in College Sports NAIA/NJCAA/Community College Administrator of the Year in 2011. As athletic director at Baker, Grosbach led a department that produced 100 NAIA All-Americans, 36 conference titles, five individual national champions and two national championship runner-up teams. She also constructed and implemented strategic planning for the department and oversaw personnel, budget and event management.
Prior to becoming the athletic director at Baker, Grosbach served as the Baker athletic department's liaison to other campus departments and provided administrative support in compiling records and creating schedules. She also led the athletic department's campus work-study and internship programs in addition to budget and event management.
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After earning her Bachelor of Science in Business from Baker in 2002, Grosbach was a championships assistant at the NAIA office in Olathe, Kansas, for one year. She received a Master's of Business Administration from Baker in 2006.
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As a basketball student-athlete at Baker, Grosbach was an NAIA scholar-athlete in 2001 and 2002. Grosbach's husband, Alan, is currently the director for return on athletics for the NAIA.
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