Joan McDermott has joined Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction as interim director of athletics.

McDermott brings to her latest role decades of experience, including her work as director of athletics at Metropolitan State University Denver, where the Roadrunners won four National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II championships in men’s basketball and women’s soccer. She began her career in athletics as a volleyball coach at MSU, Morningside College and St. Mary’s College of California.

CMU President John Marshall hailed McDermott’s selection. “She brings a winning record with decades of experience and, more importantly, brings an authentic emphasis on student athletes that is exemplified over her entire career.”