Margaret Alaimo enters her third year on her second tour of duty at LIU as senior associate director of athletics.

She works with director of athletics John Suarez in handling the day-to-day operations of the athletic department and providing oversight for the NCAA Compliance program. Alaimo also focuses on staff development and student-athlete welfare.

Originally from Brooklyn, Alaimo returned in 2004 after two years as associate athletic director at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her responsibilities included NCAA compliance and eligibility matters as well as providing the staff with guidance and leadership. She has served on various Northeast Conference and ECAC committees the past 12 years. Alaimo is currently the chair of the NEC SWA committee and the NEC volleyball sport committee.

Alaimo was with the Blackbirds from 1987-2001, serving as senior associate director of athletics the last four years. She also was the department’s NCAA compliance coordinator during those four years, overseeing the administration and certification of the campus’ teams. She administered NCAA legislative policies and procedures as they applied to the department and produced the student-athlete and staff policy manuals. It was Alaimo’s leadership before Suarez’ arrival that guided the department through the NCAA certification process in 1996.

For five years prior to her promotion, she served as associate director of athletics, heading the department through two athletic director changes in as many years.

Alaimo also has served on the women’s basketball and the senior woman administrator committees during that span. She played a huge role in helping revitalize the women’s basketball program as head coach from 1987-90. Alaimo came on board after serving one season as an assistant at her alma mater, St. Francis (NY).

In addition to basketball, Alaimo also coached softball and tennis from 1987-1993.

A former standout in basketball, Alaimo scored over 1,400 points combined between St. Francis (NY) and the College of New Rochelle. She received her B.S. degree in Business Management in 1987.

Alaimo is a member of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) and the St. Francis College Athletic Hall of Fame.

She has been married to Steve Alaimo since 1991 and is the mother of Elizabeth (10), Clare (7) and Danny (6).