Missouri Southern State University Athletics

Rob Mallory was announced as the sixth Director of Athletics in Missouri Southern history on April 16, 2021. He officially began his duties on July 1, 2021.

Mallory came to Southern from Kentucky Wesleyan, a NCAA Division II Institution that includes 21 varsity sport programs, where he served as vice president of intercollegiate athletics. He was promoted to this position in January 2021 after serving as director of athletics since May of 2015.

Prior to that, he served as associate director of athletics at NCAA Division II Quincy University (Illinois) July 2010 through June 2015 where he directed a comprehensive compliance program as the senior compliance officer. Mallory spent three years from 2007-10 at NCAA Division I University of Evansville (Indiana) as the director of marketing and ticket services.
 
During Mallory's final five years at Kentucky Wesleyan, he oversaw an overall increase in revenue for his department through the development and streamlining of athletic giving with the Panther Athletic Fund. Updates and renovation plans for all athletic facilities at Kentucky Wesleyan were started with his oversight.

Kentucky Wesleyan athletic programs expanded during his tenure with the addition of four new programs. The Panthers also flourished in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, winning five conference titles and making six appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In the classroom, 16 programs (of 19) maintained a cumulative GPA above 3.0, while one-third of all student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors for the 2019-20 academic year.

In 2019, Mallory was appointed to the NCAA Division II National Football Committee for a four-year term, which followed three-year terms serving on the NCAA Division II Regional Advisory Committee for football and baseball.  
 
Mallory graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2002 with a B.B.A. in management information systems and served as the head football manager in 2001. He earned a master's degree in sport administration from Xavier University in 2007.
 
He and his wife, Holly, have two children, Lilly and Mitchell.