Austin Peay State University Athletics

Riley Bullen joined the Austin Peay State University athletics department as Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Chief Financial Officer on Oct. 1, 2024.

Bullen spent the past three years at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (TAMUCC), where she began as an Assistant Athletic Business Manager in Sept. 2021 before being promoted to Athletic Business Manager in June 2022.

At TAMUCC, Bullen oversaw a $15 million annual operating budget and was accountable for all the Islanders’ financial planning and annual budget operations. Bullen directed accounts payable and receivable for the entire athletics department and supervised three other staff members in the TAMUCC Athletics Business office.

Before her time at TAMUCC, Bullen began her career in collegiate athletics at Houston Christian as an athletics department intern. Bullen helped with the Huskies’ end-of-year expense reports for the 2021 financial year and managed university facility rentals for organizations outside of HCU Athletics.

A native of League City, Texas, Bullen played softball at Houston Christian, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing in August 2020. She earned a master’s degree in sports management from Houston Christian in August 2021.