Director of Student-Athlete Support

This position has been filled - Job#: 453379402

Job Summary

The Director of Student-Athlete Support (Men’s Basketball and Track) is expected to provide academic advising to a subset of the student-athlete population with the goal of athletic and academic retention and success of student-athletes.

Responsibilities:

• Must be responsive to the demands of several dramatically different worlds.
• The Director interacts with Intercollegiate Athletics Department personnel; the athletic coaches are in close contact with the Director regarding student-athlete recruits, active student-athlete academic and study requirements/eligibility
• the Director strongly identifies with the academic community as an academic resource person for student-athletes.
• The person in this position is a member of the academic eligibility certification team; serves as the primary advisor for all men's basketball and track and field student-athletes; tracks and reports student-athlete academic progress and reviews programs; and establishes effective communication systems with campus academic, administrative, athletic offices and NCAA representatives.
• The person in this position will serve as the co-coordinator and instructor for both freshman student-athlete classes (two sections in the fall and spring semesters) within the department of curriculum and instruction.
• This involves curriculum development and teaching of the course: One credit during the fall term and one credit during the spring term.
• The person in this position serves as the scholarship textbook coordinator.
• This involves close collaboration with the Bookstore to coordinate the purchasing of textbooks for those student-athletes on scholarship.
• This responsibility involves selection, training, supervision, and evaluation of graduate student learning specialists.
• Learning specialists provide general assistance to student-athletes who are identified as at-risk, or in need of more in-depth assistance.