Hitchcock appointed executive director of admission

Chris Hitchcock ’97 has been appointed Hanover’s executive director of admission.

Hitchcock’s career includes experience in college admission, middle and high school education and youth and collegiate athletics. He joined Hanover’s athletic department as a part-time assistant women’s basketball coach in 2015 and became a full-time member of the admission staff in 2020 as assistant director. He has served as the College’s first-year recruiting coordinator since 2021.

Prior to joining Hanover’s staff, Hitchcock was an award-winning language arts teacher at the Bloomfield (Ind.) School District (2009-15) and Southwestern (Ind.) Middle School (2015-20). His athletic experience includes stints as head women’s basketball coach at Benedictine University (2001-04), Hendrix College (2004-09) and Bloomfield High School (2009-15).

Before taking the reins at Benedictine, Hitchcock previously worked at Hanover as assistant women’s basketball coach (1997-2001), assistant athletic director (1998-2001), head women’s golf coach (1998-2001) and head men’s golf coach (1999-2000).