Associate Athletic Director, Director of NCAA Compliance

Responsibilities Include:

- Potential administration and oversight of the day-to-day operations of women's and selected men's varsity sports (as assigned) - Directs and supervises coaches as a sport administrator - Plans, organizes, and controls the men's and women's athletic programs that are direct reports, including personnel, budget and finance, sports schedules, team travel, fundraising, and promotion.

- Develops and implements athletics department policies and procedures as they relate to compliance.

- Monitors and supervises the administration of the University's athletic scholarship program to ensure compliance and eligibility with NCAA, NEC, MAAC, Atlantic Hockey (and other conferences) and University's policies and regulations.

- Develops and implements gender equity plans and programs.

- Serves as the department's representative at conferences and meetings as needed.

- Meets with each student-athlete usually in a team setting to review legislation relevant to their participation in intercollegiate athletics. Handbook is distributed, NCAA forms are reviewed and signed by each student-athlete.

- Works and consults with the Admissions-Athletics Recruiting Liaison on all matters related to recruiting and shares initial eligibility certification responsibilities (via the Clearinghouse).

- Works with departments including the Registrar's Office (continuing and transfer eligibility certification) and the Financial Aid Office (NCAA Squad Lists).

- Reports any suspicion of rules violation to the Executive Director of Athletics, who is responsible for reporting any violations to the University President, Senior Vice President and Faculty Athletics Representative, NEC Conference, and NCAA.

- Conducts periodic rules education sessions including all persons involved with the Department, student-athletes, key University administrative offices (Admissions, Financial Aid, and Registrar) and representatives of the University's athletics interests.

- Responsible for holding review sessions and conducting the NCAA recruiting test conjunction with the Faculty Athletics Representative.

- Performs periodic sessions of individual team recruiting files.

- All other duties as assigned.