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MISSION OF THE KAAA

The mission of the Kentucky Athletic Administrators' Association is to serve its members by providing leadership skills and professional growth opportunities. As a partner with the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, the KAAA promotes positive working relationships between the two organizations and their respective member schools and athletic administrators. Furthermore, the KAAA strives to develop, enhance, preserve, and promote the educational value of interscholastic athletics.

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Membership Benefits

Core Values

     → Networking of professionals with a common vision.

     → Promoting safety and security within our programs.

     → Emphasizing the value of education-based athletics.

     → Having a united voice representing athletic administrators in the Commonwealth to the KHSAA.

     → Providing professional based educational opportunities specifically designed for interscholastic athletic administrators.

     → Serving with a sense of ethics and integrity.


The Professional Association for Those Who:

  • Understand the foundations of, and believe in, education-based athletics.
  • Become key for all campus activities when the bell rings---dismissing the regular school days.
  • Serve as a mentor and model for coaches, students, school personnel, and spectators.
  • Seek best practices, sound knowledge and research, professional interpretation, keen insight, and proven positions on current difficult issues related to interscholastic athletics.
  • Provide abundant and safe participation opportunities for student-athletes.
  • Manage risk and reduce susceptibility to areas of exposure.
  • Establish a sound philosophy from which decisions are made, conduct codes are established, integrity is an expectation, and leadership is developed.


Direct Benefits to Membership

  • Membership is both the Kentucky Athletic Administrators’ Association and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators’ Association.
  • Discount on registration fees for the State and National Athletic Directors Conferences and Leadership Training courses, certifications, other services
  • Opportunities to take courses in a National Accredited Leadership Training program geared toward athletic administration.
  • Opportunities to serve on state and national committees.
  • Opportunity to annually nominate students from your school for the State and NIAAA Scholarships.
  • Interscholastic Athletic Administration, a quarterly professional journal written by and for athletic administrators.
  • $2,000,000 student injury and property damage liability insurance while performing the duties of an athletic administrator.
  • $2,500 term life insurance @ both state and national level.
  • Opportunities to serve on state and national committees.
  • Opportunity for state and national recognition through the KAAA and NIAAA Awards Program.
  • Opportunity to nominate individuals/groups in your school who contribute to the success of your athletic program.
  • Numerous educational print, video, and digital materials.