Britney Woodhull-Smith joined the Norse academic staff in 2024, and serves as an academic advisor for NKU's Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s Soccer, Men’s Volleyball programs. Northern Kentucky's Assistant Athletic Director for Academics, Woodhull-Smith brings over a decade of experience working in collegiate athletics to the Norse academic staff. Woodhull-Smith has a widespread background in athletics, as she has served as an athleic trainer, compliance officer, and in administration at different NCAA institutions.
Woodhull-Smith joined the Norse staff in August of 2024, most recently working for the University of North Carolina Greensboro. There, she served as the program's Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance, from August of 2023 until the summer of 2024. While also being the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance, Woodhull-Smith also served on the program's Spartan Council, as well as the UNCG NIL Committee.
Prior to her time in Greensboro, Woodhull-Smith spent seven years at Barton College, from August 2017 until August 2023, where she served in a number of different roles. Her first role was in athletic training, as she served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for just under three years. Following that, she moved to a different side of the department and served as the department's Assistant Athletics Director of Compliance and Senior Woman Administrator, then was promoted to Deputy Director of Athletics, and eventually Interim Director of Athletics for the final period of her tenure. During this time, she also served as the Student Athlete Advisory Committee advisor and the Title IX Deputy Coordinator for the Bulldogs, among other duties.
For a year, Woodhull-Smith worked as an Athletic Trainer at Youngs Physical Therapy and Sports Performance in Greenville, North Carolina, before her time at Barton. This followed her Graduate Assistantship as an Athletic Trainer at The University of Mississippi, where she earned her Master of Arts in Higher Education/Student Personnel. Woodhull-Smith is currently finishing her Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from The University of Southern Mississippi, where she will graduate in December of 2024. She also has a pair of Bachelor's degree's, one in Athletic Training from East Carolina, and one in Zoological Sciences from North Carolina State University.
