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Lacy Needham

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Senior Associate Athletics Director / Finance & Administration / CFO
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Lacy Needham joined the Texas Tech Athletics Department in May 2024 as Senior Associate Athletics Director and Chief Financial Officer. In her role, Needham is responsible for overseeing the athletics department's more than $140 million budget and serves as a member of Texas Tech's executive staff.

In addition to her role as CFO, Needham serves as liaison to Texas Tech's Office of General Counsel, Office of Audit Services and the university's Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance. She also oversees the departments of information technology and equipment operations as well as Texas Tech's relationship with both Anthony Travel and the Rawls Course.

Needham arrived in Lubbock with more than two decades of experience leading business operations between her time at Arkansas (2018-24), Texas State (2009-18) and Georgia Southern (2003-06).

Needham began her tenure at Arkansas as an Assistant A.D. for business operations in 2018 before being promoted to Associate A.D. and as a member of the Razorbacks' senior staff in 2022. At Arkansas, she had day-to-day oversight of business and finance operations and was the department's liaison to the on-campus business affairs, financial affairs and human resources offices.

Prior to her time in Fayetteville, Needham spent nearly a decade at Texas State where she supervised business operations as an Assistant A.D. from 2009-17 and then as an Associate A.D. from 2017-18. She previously served in a similar capacity at Georgia Southern University from 2003-07.

Needham began her career as a junior accountant with the Texas Rangers organization before moving into roles at both TCU and Baylor. She earned her undergraduate degree in finance from TCU in 1999 and then added a master's in sports management from Baylor in 2003.