Staff Directory
Nick Kurtz
- Title:
- Assistant AD for Facilities, Events & Capital Projects
- Email:
- Phone:
- (310) 506-4113
Nick Kurtz joined Pepperdine Athletics in the spring of 2022 and he was promoted to Assistant AD for Facilities, Events & Capital Projects in August 2025.
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He had spent the previous ten years as an actor, spokesman and writer in Los Angeles. His opinion column appears in his hometown Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, The Storm Lake Times-Pilot.
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Kurtz is originally from the rural town of Storm Lake, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he began working in athletic facilities and events there while pursuing a degree in theater and acting.
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Kurtz's wife, Amanda, is a Senior Associate Athletic Director and the Senior Woman Administrator at Pepperdine. Together they have two children, Gabriel and Elizabeth.
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He had spent the previous ten years as an actor, spokesman and writer in Los Angeles. His opinion column appears in his hometown Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, The Storm Lake Times-Pilot.
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Kurtz is originally from the rural town of Storm Lake, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he began working in athletic facilities and events there while pursuing a degree in theater and acting.
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Kurtz's wife, Amanda, is a Senior Associate Athletic Director and the Senior Woman Administrator at Pepperdine. Together they have two children, Gabriel and Elizabeth.




























