Keith Schobert - Assistant AD/Arena and Facility Operations - Staff Directory

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Keith Schobert

Title:
Assistant AD/Arena and Facility Operations
Email:
Phone:
852-5580

Keith Schobert was elevated to Assistant Athletic Director for Arena & Facility Operations in April 2023. Schobert has been with UofL since 2020 and has over 18 years of professional experience in facility and event management. He previously served as UofL’s Director of Arena & Facility Operations.

Schobert is the primary liaison with the ASM-Global staff at the KFC Yum! Center and the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning for all UofL Athletics events, including coordinating game operations, practice schedules, event staffing plans, post-event invoicing and general oversight of facility usage to adhere to ACC policy guidelines. He also serves as primary game operations manager for men’s basketball games at the KFC Yum! Center.

He supervises two full-time direct report employees for game operations and day-to-day facility management of seven campus athletic facilities for men’s and women’s basketball, field hockey, women’s lacrosse, softball, track & field and volleyball. He also oversees two graduate student interns in the Louisville Athletics Internship Program program.

Schobert also serves as field level manager for home football games, coordinating with game officials and overseeing enforcement of ACC policies and procedures.

Most recently, he served as tournament manager for the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball South Regional at the KFC Yum! Center in March 2023.

Schobert’s previous experience includes stops at UT-Arlington, Wichita State, Ole Miss and North Texas. He also has worked for a private public facility management company with SMG at Intrust Bank Arena, as well as working with the WNBA’s Dallas Wings.

Schobert received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Tabor College in 2002 and a master’s in sport administration from Wichita State in 2005.

Schobert resides in Louisville with his wife Elizabeth and their daughters, Emma and Lola.