Amanda Leland is in her first season as assistant general manager with the Stanford men's basketball program.
Leland joined the Cardinal after 13 years at Pacific, where she spent 10 years as the director of operations for the women’s basketball program and three years in the development office, one on the university side as associate director of annual giving and the last two as Director of Athletics Development/Pacific Athletic Foundation.
Bringing a lifetime of experience in college basketball to the Farm, Leland spent seven years at Kansas from 2005-12 with the women’s basketball program as administrative assistant to the head coach (2007-12), Bonnie Hendrickson, and as an intern for the University of Kansas Williams Educational Fund, serving as a liaison between coaches and teams while also coordinating donor events.
In this newly expanded role, Leland will oversee key operational areas across the program’s internal management and external engagement efforts. Her responsibilities will include financial oversight, scheduling coordination, and strategic planning support. She will also play a lead role in program development initiatives, guiding efforts related to fundraising, alumni relations, and event programming, while helping enhance the overall experience for student-athletes and supporters.
As an undergraduate, Leland earned four letters on Kansas' rowing team, which won the 2003 Big XII Rowing Championship. She was also a four-time Athletics Scholar recipient, and she was the rowing team representative on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
Leland earned her Master’s of Arts in Sports Administration from Pacific in 2016. She graduated from Kansas in 2005 with a degree in communications with a sports management emphasis.
Leland's father, Ted Leland, spent 14 years as Stanford’s Director of Athletics from 1991-2005 and was a two-time Director of Athletics at Pacific.