Associate Athletic Director, Compliance

Understand, adhere to, and guide staff, coaches, and supervisors in enforcing all departmental policies and procedures as well as rules and regulations of the University, NCAA, and the A10. This includes ensuring enforcement by the office that the institution is adhering to NCAA, conference, and University governance.

Initiate innovative educational programs designed to maintain and enhance coach, staff, and student-athlete understanding of NCAA and conference rules and policies.

Provide compliance education to various groups, both internal to the division and external.

Research staff and coaches’ inquiries and provide interpretations of rules and bylaws.

Maintain and oversee athletics grants-in-aid, National Letters of Intent, and squad lists. Serves as primary liaison to the Office of Financial Aid.

Oversee the eligibility certification process in conjunction with the Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR), University Registrar, the staff within the Center for Academic Achievement.

Prepare & submit NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR), Graduation Success Rate (GSR), and Federal Graduation rate reports.

Responsible for NCAA waiver requests, appeals, and annual mandated reporting.

Investigate all alleged violations of NCAA and A10 rules and regulations that govern La Salle Athletics and process and report rules violations in a timely manner.

Annually update and maintain the Athletics Compliance Office polices and procedures manual and Student-Athlete Handbook.

Administer assigned Athletic sport programs including supervision and evaluation of head coaches, monitoring budgets, developing competition activities, approving team travel and expenses, overseeing student-athlete academic progress and well-being, and educating coaches on NCAA and conference rules.

Represent the Athletics division at various internal and external events.

Assist in the overall direction, management, and monitoring of the division, including making significant contributions to the strategic planning of La Salle Athletics by proposing, implementing, and assessing short and long-term divisional goals.

Work collaboratively with faculty and department advisors to ensure that student-athletes understand academic requirements (e.g., program degree, general education NCAA DI progress toward degree).

Lead Athletics in University assessment procedures and represent Athletics on University assessment committees.

Oversee institutional review, disclosure, and monitoring of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) agreements and contracts to ensure compliance with NCAA, conference, state, and University requirements.

Serves on NCAA, Atlantic 10 Conference, University, and department committees as assigned.

Performs other related duties as assigned.