Tangela Cheatham - Staff Directory

Tangela Cheatham

Title:
Deputy Athletic Director/Administration and SWA
(Sport Administrator: Volleyball, Women's Basketball)
E-Mail Address:
Phone:
(989) 774-3473
Year at CMU:
4th year at CMU
Hometown:
Detroit, Mich.
Alma Mater/Year:
Michigan/2013

Tangela Cheatham was appointed as Central Michigan Athletics’ deputy athletic director for administration and senior woman administrator in July 2022.

Cheatham serves as a member of the department's executive leadership team and oversees all facets of CMU's comprehensive student-athlete and institutional support services, including compliance, financial aid, academic services, student-athlete development, peak performance (sports medicine, strength & conditioning, mental health, and nutrition), oversight of internal operations and administrative functions. She also serves as the sport administrator for women's basketball and volleyball.

Before Cheatham came to CMU, she served as the associate athletics director of administration at the United States Military Academy in West Point and held administrative roles at West Virginia, overseeing student-athlete enhancement and inclusive excellence. She also served as a career specialist and academic coordinator in the athletics department at Iowa.

A Detroit native, Cheatham earned a bachelor of business administration and bachelor of arts with a major in sport management from Michigan and a master’s of education in higher education from Oklahoma. She completed an internship with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.