From the Inside

There is only so much I could have learned about the impact of Title IX on the Trinity University Athletic Administration from simple online research. I decided to reach out to TU Athletic Director, Bob King and see if he would meet with me for an interview. He was extremely willing and even had Associate Athletic Director and Head Volleyball Coach, Julie Jenkins, and Assistant Sports Information Director, James Hill accompany him. 

They were very open with me in their discussion of Title IX at Trinity. Mr. Hill went to Trinity when it was enacted, but was in the theater department and has "no recollection about sports at Trinity at the time." Coach Jenkins came to Trinity in 1985 and said that even 13 years after the law was passed, Trinity was not compliant with the law. Since then, she has worked extremely hard to make Trinity compliant with Title IX, and AD King vehemently agreed with her. They discussed how Trinity went through a transitional phase with athletic conferences and the development of female teams that took a while to adjust to. They said the process of adjusting the budget to be equitable, especially with football, was difficult but something they passionately pursued. Mr. Hill has become one of the most well-versed people on campus in terms of Trinity Athletics and he swears on his knowledge of other universities that Trinity is one of the most equitable universities in the country.