The University of Texas Permian Basin and Vice President Scott Larson announced Sarah Ramey as the school’s new Deputy Athletic Director / Senior Woman Administrator in September 2024.
Ramey comes to UTPB after 17 seasons as the Director of Athletic Performance at West Texas A&M University. She also spent three years as the Deputy Athletics Director and four as the university's Senior Woman Administrator.
At WT, Ramey oversaw student-athletes in all sports in the areas of health and performance, the benefits of which can be seen in the numerous honors and team championships which WT has garnered during her tenure, as well as by her being recognized as the 2009 recipient of the Samson Equipment Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year Award, as given by American Football Monthly.
Ramey most recently worked directly with the volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, baseball and women’s golf programs at WT and had past experience working with football, men’s Basketball and men’s soccer. Ramey served as the inaugural chair of the Lone Star Conference Athletic Performance Advisory Committee from January 2020-2022, which acts as an advisory group to the Lone Star Conference. In September 2021 she began a year and a half term as the South Central Region representative on the D2 Track & Field National Committee. In May 2022, Ramey was voted to the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) Board of directors for a three-year term. In January 2023, Ramey began a four term on the D2 Management Council as an at-large appointee, including an assignment on the all-division Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects in Sport (CSMAS) that works directly with the NCAA Sports Science Institute (SSI) on all things health, performance and wellness for student-athletes. She is the current chair of the LSC CAA.
From 2003-07, Ramey served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Colorado. In that capacity, she worked with the school’s football, volleyball, women’s soccer and alpine skiing squads. In addition, Ramey became a registered yoga instructor and taught yoga classes at CU.
Prior to her stint at Colorado, Ramey worked for one year as a graduate assistant coach at Kansas State University, where she earned her master’s degree in Kinesiology in August of 2004. Before attending KSU, Ramey took on a five-month internship with Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in Winchester, Massachusetts.
During her collegiate days, Ramey was a three-year volleyball letter winner at Wichita State University, where she played middle blocker and right side hitter for the Shockers. She graduated with a degree in Exercise Science and minor in Sports Administration.
No stranger to the West Texas region, Ramey lived in Hereford, Texas, for five years before graduating from Andover High School in Andover, Kansas.
Ramey’s certifications include MSCC/SCCC (CSCCa), CSCS (NSCA), RSCC*E (NSCA), TPI Fitness Level 2 (Titleist Performance Institute), Pn1 (Precision Nutrition), MPM (Mental Performance Mastery Coaching), CPR/First Aid/AED and Mental Health First Aid.
She enjoys participating in anything outdoors and has done 5K's up to Ironman distance triathlons and has completed four Ironman’s then ventured into off-road events including 6-to-24-hour mountain bike races and gravel races.
