Associate Director Athletics-Student Athlete Success

The Associate Director of Athletic Academic Services reports directly to the Deputy Director of Athletics for Student Athlete Welfare and is primarily responsible for providing overall academic support services to the APSU Athletic Department student athletes.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as an academic advisor/counselor to student-athletes in assigned sports.
• Organize and implement academic services programs, particularly through weekly meetings, that closely monitor the academic progress of freshmen, transfers and at-risk student athletes.
• Implement a monitoring and reporting program for assessing student-athlete course performance.
• Assist and advise student-athletes each semester during the pre-registration process through monitoring and record keeping of their class schedules for graduation requirements and special athletic needs, such as travel and practice times.
• Assist student-athletes in selecting and declaring an academic major.
• Assist coaches in establishing and conducting sport-specific study programs and supervised study sessions for their respective athletes.
• Serve as campus liaison to faculty and staff, in particular the staffs of the Admissions Office and the Office of the Registrar.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Proven experience in athletic academic advising on the intercollegiate level.
• A background check will be required of the successful applicant.
• An official transcript and names, addresses and phone numbers of three (3) references will be required for the successful applicant.