Sports Lawyer Appointed Title IX Coordinator for Southwestern University

Loren Galloway Bowans has joined Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas  as its new Title IX Coordinator.

Bowans was previously at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of the University Risk and Compliance Services team and manager of UT’s Clery Act compliance program. She also worked closely with UT Austin’s Title IX office to ensure compliance with the Clery Act and provide interpretations of the application of relevant law and regulations.

Bowans also previously served as a compliance officer for Texas Athletics, where she was responsible for monitoring compliance with recruiting and time management rules. Before joining UT Austin in 2019, she worked at the National Collegiate Athletic Association headquarters in Indianapolis as a participant in the NCAA Postgraduate Internship Program.

Bowans earned her bachelor’s degree in government from UT Austin and holds both a master’s degree and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa.

Her legal and graduate education focused primarily on Title IX and higher education compliance. As a Research Assistant at the University of Iowa College of Law, she designed a law course on Title IX for the University’s Associate Dean for International & Comparative Law programs. Loren is also a past contributor to the Journal of NCAA Compliance, Legal Issues in College Sports, and Sports Litigation Alert publications.