Kent Weiser

Weiser was born in Great Bend, Kansas and attended Great Bend High School. After high school, Wesier attended the University of Kansas (KU) where he graduated with a bachelor's in psychology and a master's of science in sports administration.^[2]

After graduating from the University of Kansas, Weiser became the director of athletic ticketing in 1981 and in 1985, Weiser became KU's first athletic marketing director.^[3] In 1984, Weiser took over the women's golf program at Kansas, a position he held for four years. After seven years eight years in Lawrence, Weiser became the associate athletic director of development at Ottawa University in 1989.^[4] From 1993 to 1999, Weiser worked for Oregon State University as the associate athletics director for external affairs.^[5]

In 1999, Weiser was hired as the Emporia State Athletics Director, beginning August 8.^[6] During his time at Emporia State, Weiser has created a women's soccer program,^[7] and has updated athletics facilities for the football in 2005 and 2016,^[8][9] softball,^[10] and baseball teams.^[11] Also, Weiser has hired Emporia State's first coach from China – Bing Xu for Volleyball in 2005 – and Shaun Vandiver, Emporia State's first African-American coach.^[12] As a result, Weiser won the diversity award at Emporia State in 2015.^[13]

Weiser retired in March 2022, though his official last day was July 1, 2022.^[14]