Meet the Speaker: Missy Conboy ’82, ’91 MBA

Missy Conboy ’82, ’91 MBA, a 37-year veteran of the Notre Dame Athletic Department staff, is the senior deputy director of athletics. In that role, Missy currently oversees Industry and Campus Engagement, Policy and Legal Issues.  She is the University’s primary liaison to both the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), having served as the Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) for all 37 years of her tenure.  She also represents the University as the Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Athletics and is the sport administrator for the volleyball program.

Since her initial hire in 1987, Missy has led nearly every internal area within athletics, including Compliance, Legal, Business Operations, Human Resources, Athletic Performance, Student-Athlete Development, Facilities, Master Planning, Capital Projects, Events and Community Outreach. During her 15 years in charge of capital projects, she was the athletics lead for the renovations of Purcell Pavilion, Rolfs Athletic Hall and Notre Dame Stadium.  In addition, she oversaw planning and construction of a number of new buildings, including Compton Family Ice Arena, the McConnell Boathouse and the Irish Athletics Center Football and Soccer Indoor Practice Facility. She has also served as sport administrator for 16 different Notre Dame’s men’s and women’s sport programs.

Missy is a liaison both to the Athletic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees and the Faculty Board on Athletics. She has served on a number of ACC and NCAA Committees, including nine years on the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, in addition to terms on the NCAA Legislative Review Committee and the NCAA Men’s Tennis Committee.

Missy was a four-year member of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team from 1978-82, serving as team captain her senior year. She graduated from Notre Dame with a degree in English in 1982 and earned her juris doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1985. Missy is married to Bill Mountford, a 1983 U.S. Naval Academy graduate and a 1991 graduate of Notre Dame’s MBA school. The couple has three daughters: Darby ’16 and a tennis Monogram winner, Delaney ’20 MSM and Killian Rose ’21.