Director of Athletics Dr. Jeri Beggs
Dr. Jeri Beggs was named Illinois State University's director of Athletics in March 2025 after serving as the interim AD since May 2023.
Beggs is Illinois State's 13th director of Athletics in the NCAA Division I era and the first woman to hold the position. She joins Redbird Buzz to discuss the path she has taken and her vision for the future of Illinois State Athletics.
In this episode, Beggs details how her 21 years in Illinois State's College of Business as a professor of marketing and her role as faculty athletics representative prepared her for her current leadership position, and she…
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