Kacy Irwin serves as the West Coast Conference's Chief Financial Officer and is a member of the Conference's senior staff. She was promoted to Senior Associate Commissioner in 2025, after serving as an Associate Commissioner since joining the conference in July of 2023.
Irwin oversees the West Coast Conference’s business operations and financial strategy, while also managing the human resources area. She has spearheaded improvements in financial operations and new human resources initiatives, in addition to successfully managing the conference’s relocation to new headquarters in San Bruno, California. She also serves as the conference’s sport administrator for softball and leads the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, as well as the conference’s business managers group. She served as the administrator for beach volleyball during her first two years with the conference office.
Prior to joining the West Coast Conference, Irwin spent eight years at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as Cal’s Assistant Athletics Director for Financial Operations and Athletics Gender Equity. During her time at Cal, Irwin had oversight of the athletic department’s financial transactions, while supervising the business office staff. She assisted with the budget creation for a $100 million-plus annual operating budget. Irwin led the annual Title IX and Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) participation counting procedures, and reviewed all areas of Cal Athletics’ resources with a gender-equity lens.
She also served as sport administrator for beach volleyball at Cal, supervising and supporting the program in all areas.
In addition to her administrative roles at Cal, since 2018, Irwin has been a part of the Accelerator Program for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice. She was also a Co-Chair of Cal’s Title IX Celebration Committee.
Prior to her arrival in Berkeley, Irwin worked at her alma mater, Columbia University, as the Athletics Business Manager of Travel Operations from 2011 to 2015 after previously serving as the Assistant Director of Facilities Operations at Columbia from 2007 to 2011. As the Business Manager of Travel Operations, Irwin managed all aspects of department travel. She provided administrative, human resources and financial support for a $12 million-plus annual operating budget.
Irwin is a two-time graduate of Columbia University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English, with a concentration in sociology, in 2007, while competing on the Columbia softball team as a two-year captain four-year starter at third base. She earned a master’s degree in science and sports management from Columbia in 2010.