Colorado State University Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative
- Email:
- Phone:
- (970) 491-5751
Kyle Saunders serves as Colorado State's Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR), a role he assumed prior to the 2018-19 competition season.
In this role, Saunders is a key representative for Colorado State Athletics in all institutional and academic matters. Saunders ensures the academic integrity of the athletics program, facilitates institutional control of intercollegiate athletics, and enhances the student-athlete experience at Colorado State University. He also represents CSU and its faculty in the relationship between the NCAA and the institution.
Saunders provides significant leadership in the governance of CSU’s intercollegiate athletics programs and represents the president—in academic and student-athlete matters—to the athletic department and CSU’s faculty.
As the FAR, among a wealth of other responsibilities, Saunders promotes a balance between academics, athletics, and the social lives of student-athletes, which affords them opportunities to enjoy the full range of collegiate experiences available to students generally. He also participates in student-athlete exit interviews, facilitates student-athlete participation on athletics boards and committees, and informs student-athletes about the FAR role as an independent source of counsel, assistance, and information.
Saunders is currently a Professor of Political Science at CSU with interests in American politics and emphases on political parties, political behavior, public opinion, elections, public policy, and research methodology. He earned his Ph.D. from Emory University in 2001 and is the author or co-author on a number of papers and publications related to American politics.
