Title: | Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Operations |
Email: | jbiggins@tusculum.edu |
Alma Mater: | Tusculum, 2017 |
Jenna Biggins has served on the Tusculum University athletic staff since 2018 and was promoted to the post of assistant athletic director for internal operations in July 2024.
Biggins is responsible for the day-to-day, internal operations of the athletic department, which includes management and supervision of all budget activity for the University’s 23 intercollegiate sports including team travel, supplies and recruiting expenditures. She assists with NCAA compliance, NIL coordination and serve as the department’s ticket manager.
She has been a member of the athletic senior leadership team since 2019 and previously coordinated the department’s student-athlete development efforts.
In 2022, she was the recipient of the National Association for Athletic Compliance (NAAC) Rising Star Award which recognizes young compliance professionals who are emerging leaders within the profession
The Alpharetta, Georgia native lettered four seasons on the Tusculum softball team from 2014-2017 where she played in 127 games while posting a career .249 batting average which included 71 hits, 17 doubles, one triple and eight home runs. She finished with 44 career RBI and scored 28 runs. In 2016, she was named to the NCAA Division II Academic All-District 3 first team. She was a member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll, Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll, Charles Oliver Gray Honors List and the Dean's List.
During her undergraduate years at Tusculum, the former Jenna Restivo also served as the softball team's PSAAC representative and also worked with TU's softball clinics.
She also served as the head softball coach at Greeneville High School from 2018-2022 where she guided the Lady Devils to a 108-49 record which included five TSSAA District titles including her final campaign as GHS posted a 30-11 worksheet. During her tenure at Greeneville, eight of her players went onto play collegiately.
In summer 2018, she also worked as an account executive with the Greeneville Reds, the Appalachian League (Rookie) affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. With the Reds, she managed all day-to-day ticket sales, group sales and the ticket office operation. She also assisted with game day staff personnel and on-line team store sales.
Her work in professional baseball also included a public relations internship with the Gwinnett Stripers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Tusculum in 2017 while majoring in sport management. She earned her master's degree in business administration at Tusculum in 2018.
She is a member of the National Association for Athletics and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
She and her husband Christopher Biggins were married in December, 2023.