Staff Directory
Davon Robb
- Title:
- Senior Associate AD of Competitive Excellence
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Davon Robb came to South Main in November of 2023 as the Owls’ Senior Associate AD of Competitive Excellence.
Robb came to Rice from Towson University where he served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Management for the past four years.
In his new position, he collaborates with athletic department staff, student-athletes, coaches, and other members of the Rice community to identify opportunities to improve Rice’s profile in the areas of athletic and academic performance and student-athlete wellbeing. Robb oversees the execution of initiatives, working with key constituents to carry out projects both large and small in scope and impact.
While at Towson, Robb developed a strategic plan for campus facilities and athletics that included working with vice presidents, senior staff administration, and consultants. He managed multiple capital projects that totaled more than $10 million. He also served as the sport administrator for the women’s soccer as well as women’s track and field programs.
A former football student-athlete, Robb walked on at the University of Virginia in 2002 and was placed on scholarship before the 2004 season. He received the Louis A. Onesty Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior and was a three-time recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference Top VI Community Service Award. He graduated in 2007 with a degree in Anthropology and moved on to Northwestern, where he received his Master of Arts in Sport Administration in June of 2010.
He served the Associate Director of Academic Services at Northwestern while he was completing his graduate work and continued in that role through January 2014 when he was named Assistant Athletics Director for Academic Services and Student Development at Loyola University.
He joined the staff of the Big Ten Conference in October, 2015 as the Associate Director of Football and Basketball Operations and remained in that role until accepting the position at Towson in 2019.
Robb came to Rice from Towson University where he served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Management for the past four years.
In his new position, he collaborates with athletic department staff, student-athletes, coaches, and other members of the Rice community to identify opportunities to improve Rice’s profile in the areas of athletic and academic performance and student-athlete wellbeing. Robb oversees the execution of initiatives, working with key constituents to carry out projects both large and small in scope and impact.
While at Towson, Robb developed a strategic plan for campus facilities and athletics that included working with vice presidents, senior staff administration, and consultants. He managed multiple capital projects that totaled more than $10 million. He also served as the sport administrator for the women’s soccer as well as women’s track and field programs.
A former football student-athlete, Robb walked on at the University of Virginia in 2002 and was placed on scholarship before the 2004 season. He received the Louis A. Onesty Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior and was a three-time recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference Top VI Community Service Award. He graduated in 2007 with a degree in Anthropology and moved on to Northwestern, where he received his Master of Arts in Sport Administration in June of 2010.
He served the Associate Director of Academic Services at Northwestern while he was completing his graduate work and continued in that role through January 2014 when he was named Assistant Athletics Director for Academic Services and Student Development at Loyola University.
He joined the staff of the Big Ten Conference in October, 2015 as the Associate Director of Football and Basketball Operations and remained in that role until accepting the position at Towson in 2019.
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