Athletic Director

Bio

Ryan Flickinger begins his second year as the NIACC athletic director in the 2025-26 school year.

Flickinger, whose duties start on Feb. 26, 2024, is NIACC's sixth athletic director in school history.

Most recently, Flickinger was the activities director at Osage High School and Middle School.

Flickinger graduated with his bachelor of science degree from Waldorf College in 2006 and his Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Southern University in 2014.

Flickinger was the Osage activities director from August of 2022 through February of 2024.

Before Flickinger was at Osage, he was the associate athletic director of compliance and recruiting at Waldorf University from 2018-2022, the associate director of admission and director of athletic recruiting from 2014-2018, the head baseball coach from 2011-2014, and the director of international recruiting from 2008-2010.

He also currently teaches three courses at NIACC.

Flickinger said ,"I'm very excited for the opportunity and I'm blessed to have a lot of support around me. I'm just ready to get started. My time at Osage has been a wonderful experience and eye-opening and has helped me grow as a leader. But I've wanted to be a college athletic director."