Dr. Katie Arnold begins her 16th year at Cumberland University in 2023-24. Arnold is in her first year as the Assistant Athletic Director taking on a new role, in addition to the Director of Athletic Training and Senior Woman Leader. Dr. Arnold oversees the athletic side of the Athletic Training Department and has served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer, assistant athletic trainer, Interim Head Athletic Trainer/AT Program Director and AT Program Director for her alma mater.

Dr. Arnold will be responsible for managing all aspects of eligibility, compliance, and academics. This includes education, monitoring, and enforcing NAIA and Mid-South Conference Rules. She is also responsible for student eligibility and retention, as well as scheduling and monitoring class attendance for the more than 700 student-athletes in the Cumberland Athletic Department.

As the Director of Athletic Training, Dr. Arnold is responsible for making sure that there is appropriate athletic training staff to provide high-quality care for student-athletes. She oversees all administrative tasks required, organizes athletic department physicals, oversees the drug testing program for student-athletes, and assists the Head Athletic Trainer and staff Athletic Trainers in providing medical care to the athletic department.

Dr. Arnold has provided coverage at some point for all teams at CU. However, her primary coverage was with the wrestling program from 2016-13, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s soccer from 2009-13, the football and men’s and women’s golf programs in 2008-09.

The Jacksboro, Tennessee native, earned both her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Cumberland University. She has a bachelor’s in Physical Education with an emphasis in Athletic Training (2006), and a master’s in Education (2008). She received her doctorate in Health Education from A.T. Still University, in Kirksville, Mo. (2017).

Former Cumberland baseball player, Kyle Allen begins his fifth year as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information in 2023-24. He is responsible for a variety of professional tasks related to the planning, organization, operation, and management of the marketing, promotion, and sports information/media relations of the athletic department.

He and his staff are also responsible for the upkeep of the athletic website which includes updating bios and statistics for the more than 700 current student-athletes at Cumberland. The Sports Information Department staff, which consists of two graduate assistants, continues to add historical information found through research and sorting through old documents, including rosters, schedules, results, and awards.

Allen overhauled Cumberland Sports Network in his first two years with new scoreboard graphics, multi-camera angles, and higher quality production for viewer’s to further enjoy all home Cumberland sporting events.

Allen was named the Mid-South Conference Sports Information Director of the Year twice (2022 & 2023). He and his staff have won eight NAIA-SIDA awards in the last two years for a conglomerate of things: graphic design, video, game notes, broadcast, athletics website, etc.

He has been a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America since 2019 as well as the Tennessee Sports Writers Association member.

Prior to working as the Sports Information Director, Allen spent time as the graduate assistant in the athletic department at CU, Allen helped with class attendance, organization of athletic department activities including Leadership Training in August for all student-athletes, as well as game management and marketing efforts.

Between his time as a GA and taking on the role of SID at Cumberland, he spent a brief stint with the Nashville Sounds working as an Stadium Operations Associate.

The Marietta, Ga., native was a four-year letterwinner under Hall of Fame coach Woody Hunt and was a freshman on the 2014 national championship team, collecting two doubles and one triple in just 14 at-bats in three starts that season.

He played in 20 contests as a sophomore, recording two doubles, one home run and four RBIs in 30 at-bats. His best offensive campaign was during his junior season, batting .252 with eight doubles, one homer, and 22 RBIs in 43 games. Allen posted three doubles, three home runs, and 10 RBIs with an on-base percentage of .376 in just 69 at-bats as a senior.

Allen received a bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance with an emphasis on Exercise Science from Cumberland in May 2017 and finished his master’s in Sport Management at Cumberland in May 2019.

He is married to the former Kaylee Cantrell of Smithville, Tenn., and the couple has one daughter – Blakelee.