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Kathryn Dillin

Kathryn Dillin

Assistant AD, Marketing & Fan Development
Responsibilities: Dillin is the lead marketing contact for Men’s Basketball and Women’s
Soccer. She also oversees the marketing department’s internship program and assists
with Football, Softball, and student campus partnerships. 

Joined VT Athletics Staff: June 2022

Prior to Virginia Tech: Dillin served as an assistant director of marketing at
Northwestern for four seasons (2018-22), overseeing Men’s and Women’s Soccer,
Women’s Basketball, Wrestling, Women’s Tennis, Softball, email marketing, and the
Wildcat Alley Football Fan Fest.
Prior to Northwestern, Dillin spent two seasons (2016-2018) at Auburn as a graduate
assistant for marketing, managing Women’s Volleyball, Equestrian, Track and Field,
Softball, birthday parties, Auburn Ignited student rewards, and the Paws & Claws pets
club. She spent the 2015-16 season as marketing coordinator with the Minnesota
Golden Gophers, and two seasons (2013-2015) as an undergraduate marketing intern
at Wake Forest University.

Education: Wake Forest, 2015 (B.A. Communications); Auburn University, 2018 (M.Ed.
Higher Education Administration) 

Of Note: Dillin has been a member of NACMA since 2015. She served on the Research
Committee and as a ‘Best Of’ Awards judge for two consecutive years (2020-22). She
also earned a 2018 NACMA ‘Best Of’ Gold Award for founding the Paws & Claws pets
club and contributed to the department’s top-three finish for 2018 NACMA Marketing
Team of the Year.

Personal: A native of Hendersonville, N.C., Dillin now lives in Christiansburg.