Staff Directory
- Title:
- Deputy AD/Senior Woman Administrator
ADMINISTRATOR – Women's Basketball, Volleyball
- Email:
- Phone:
- 852-4939
Amy Calabrese, a former UofL student-athlete and member of the UofL staff full-time since November of 2007, was elevated to Deputy Athletic Director in August of 2022. Prior to being promoted, Calabrese served as Associate Athletic Director beginning in July 2019 and was designated as the Senior Woman Administrator in November 2020.
Calabrese oversees Health and Performance with Dr. Pat Ivey while continuing to oversee the sport administration team and serve as the primary sport administrator for women’s basketball, volleyball, and women’s soccer. In addition, Calabrese is the athletic department liaison with several campus entities, including the Dean of Student’s office, Title IX office and Housing. She serves on several conference committees, including the ACC Women’s Basketball Committee, ACC Field Hockey Committee and ACC Women’s Soccer Committee. In addition to these ACC Committees, she serves as an ACC representative on two Alliance Committees; the Olympic Scheduling and Sport Committee and the Social Impact and Responsibility Committee.
Before being elevated to Associate Athletic Director, Calabrese served as Assistant Athletic Director, beginning in June of 2013, gaining sport administrator experience with a variety of sport programs at Louisville. Calabrese operated as Director of Student-Athlete Development at UofL from May of 2010 until her administrative appointment in 2013. Her duties included developing and implementing UofL’s life skills program for student-athletes, including leadership development, educational programming, and career education. She served as advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
She worked nearly three years as assistant director of student-athlete development and championships from November of 2007 until May of 2010. In that role, she aided in UofL’s efforts in serving as host for conference and NCAA championships, event management, community outreach projects and life skills program. Calabrese joined the UofL staff as a graduate assistant in development in 2007.
Calabrese was a four-year letter winner for the Cardinals’ soccer team from 2003-06, earning Academic All-American honors as a junior and senior. The stellar defender started all 77 matches of her career, playing every minute of every game but one as a junior, as the Cardinals won 43 games over her four years. A team captain her last two years, she was an All-Conference USA third-team selection as a sophomore after coming to UofL from Centennial, Colo.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in sport administration with a minor in business administration from UofL in 2007 and went on to earn a master’s degree in business administration, also from UofL, in 2009. She is a graduate of Ignite Louisville and Leadership Louisville. She is also a member of Women Leaders in College Sports, and graduate of both their Institute for Administrative Advancement and Leadership Executive Institute. Calabrese is a 2021 graduate of the selective NCAA Pathways Program.
She and her husband Rich have three children, Jack, Colin and William.
Career History:
Louisville Athletics :: Deputy AD/SWA (Aug. 2022 – Current)
Louisville Athletics :: Associate AD/SWA (June 2019 – Aug. 2022)
Louisville Athletics :: Asst. AD (Jun 2013 – June 2019
Louisville Athletics :: Dir. Student-Athlete Development (May 2010 – May 2013)
Louisville Athletics :: Asst. Dir. Student-Athlete Development & Championships (Nov. 2007 – May 2010)
Louisville Athletics :: Graduate Assistant, Development (Jan. 2007 – Oct. 2007)
