Maggie McKinley joined the University of Cincinnati in 2001 as a compliance assistant and has advanced to Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance.

During the summer of 2010, she was named a member of the department's executive staff. She currently has sport oversight of 10 of the 19 intercollegiate sports, including baseball, men's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving and men's and women's cross country and track & field programs. She also serves as chair for the BIG EAST Track & Field committee.

McKinley oversees the day-to-day operations of the UC athletics compliance office, preparing NCAA and BIG EAST Conference reports for all 18 intercollegiate teams. She also directs the office's comprehensive NCAA rules compliance program, including on-going evaluation, development of policies and procedures and rules interpretations.

Additionally, McKinley is a co-advisor for UC's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and a member of the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) communications committee. In June 2009, she graduated from the NACWAA/HERS Institute for Administrative Advancement.

A native of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, McKinley spent four years at Cincinnati as a women's track and field student-athlete from 1996-2000 as she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology. She then went on to Xavier University where she earned her master's degree in sports administration in 2001 and serves as an adjunct professor in the XU Master of Education Sports Administration program.