Dr. Monique Carroll

Dr. Monique Carroll is Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Chicago State University. She oversees 17 NCAA Division I sports programs and more than 300 student-athletes and serves on the President's Cabinet. She was named NACDA Athletic Director of the Year in June 2026 and has led a transformation of CSU Athletics and its role on Chicago's South Side.

Since arriving in 2022, Dr. Carroll helped secure CSU's full membership in the Northeast Conference. She added women's triathlon, making CSU the 14th Division I school to sponsor the sport, and led the launch of Division I football. On August 29, 2026, the Cougars played their first game as Chicago's first NCAA Division I football program.

She previously served as athletic director at Huston-Tillotson University and as Deputy AD/SWA at South Carolina State. During nearly a decade at Prairie View A&M, she rose from compliance director to Associate AD for External Operations. In 2016-17 she helped Panther Athletics generate over $17.8 million, the most among public HBCU Division I programs.

She was a three-sport athlete at UAPB and a record-setting track athlete at Langston. She has served on the NCAA Division I National SAAC and the Committee on Women's Athletics, and was appointed to the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions. She holds a B.S. from UAPB, a master's from the U.S. Sports Academy, and an Ed.D. from Northcentral University.