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- Graduate Assistant ( Soccer, Tennis )
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- NCAA Certification Officer
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- Assistant Director of Creative Media
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- Director of Sports Performance ( MBkB )
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- Assistant Director of Creative Video
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- Assistant Performance Dietitian
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- Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development / Executive Director of Development
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- Assistant Director for Facilities and Event Management Operations
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Equipment Operations
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- Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Communications ( FB )
- COMMUNICATIONS
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Academic Services
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- Partnership Services Coordinator
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- Director of Player Development
Hill was a four-year letterman at Wayne State from 2002-06. There, he helped lead the Warriors to the 2004 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and the 2005 Great Lakes Regional No. 3 crown.
He was a member of the Wayne State Student-Athlete Committee from 2002 to 2006 and served as captain of the golf team during the 2005-06 season.
During the 2013-14 season, Hill helped lead the Cougars to the national prominence they once enjoyed. The Cougars won four team championships with juniors Roman Robledo (3) and Kyle Pilgrim capturing four individual titles.
Houston entered the national rankings, rising as high as No. 7 nationally midway through the year, and finished the 2013-14 campaign at No. 9 in the Golfstat poll.
Hill and the Cougars returned to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2001 and finished 10th as a team at the nation's top collegiate event. Senior James Ross tied for third individually and became the first Houston All-American since 2007.
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- Graduate Assistant for Equipment Services
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- Director of Program Strategy & Player Relations
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- Associate AD for Ticketing
Blair Hamilton earned medalist honors for the first time in his career at the Border Olympics in March 2015 and shared the individual championship at the NCAA Lubbock Regional, becoming only the third Cougar in school history to win an NCAA Regional individual crown.
Hamilton was named a PING All-America Honorable Mention at the end of the season -- the second straight season in which a Cougar received All-America accolades -- and competed at the RBC Canadian Open in July 2015.
Hamilton also qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship for the second time during his career, joining teammate Matt Dunn at the nation's premier amateur event. Under Dismuke's leadership in 2013-14, the Cougars returned as a team to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2001.
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- Director of Operations & Basketball Strategy
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Grounds, Facilities & Events
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- Director of Ticket Retention
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- Associate Athletics Director, Business and Human Resources
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- Assistant Strength & Performance Coach ( FB )
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- Assistant Tutor Coordinator / Assistant Learning Specialist
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- Director of Facilities & Event Management Operations
As a professional, Peck played on the PGA Tour Canada following his graduation through September 2017. He turned in his best showing as a professional at the 2016 Players Cup, where he tied for second with a four-day total of 18-under 266.
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- Head Coach, Track & Field
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- Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach
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- Manager of Business Development
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- Associate Director of Sports Medicine ( Swim - Dive )
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- Director of Player Personnel
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- Faculty Athletics Representative
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- Associate Director of Operations
Chris Hill worked with the University of Houston golf program from 2010 to 2014. He began his career with the Cougars as an assistant coach in 2010 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2012.
In those roles, he assisted Director of Golf Jonathan Dismuke in all aspects of the team, including practice scheduling, recruiting, scheduling and student-athlete development.
During his Houston tenure, he helped lead the Cougars to nine team championships, including the 2013 Conference USA title and five individual crowns. He also guided Houston to 27 top-5 team finishes and 70 top-10 individual showings.
He is a member of the PGA of America and the National Golf Coaches Association/Golf Coaches Association of America.
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- Associate Athletics Director for Complianc
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- Vice President for Athletics
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- Assistant Director for Grounds, Facilities & Events
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- Assistant Director for Graphic Design
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- Assistant Head Coach - Tight Ends / Inside Receivers - Liaison to the GHFCA
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- Coordinator of Sports Performance ( BB, WGOLF )
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- Director for Communications ( VB, SB, S & D )
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- Associate Director of Sports Medicine ( Head FB )
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- Associate Director of Operations
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- Director of Strength & Performance ( FB )
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- Director of Creative Video
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- Assistant Strength & Performance Coach ( FB )
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- Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student - Athlete Development / SWA
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- Director of Operations
- Title / Director of Operations
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- Associate Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator
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- Senior Associate Athletics Director for Academic Services
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- Adjunct Professor at UCLA Medical Center
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Renowned sports psychologist Dr. Fran Pirozzolo joined the University of Houston Men's Golf program as a volunteer assistant coach in November 2014.
Pirozzolo has worked with championship teams and players across many sports throughout his career. For Dismuke, the decision to welcome the newest member of the Houston Men's Golf coaching staff was a simple one.
"Fran's work in the world of psychology is unmatched, and we are fortunate to have someone with his experience and skill associated with our program," Dismuke said. "Fran has worked with some of the PGA TOUR's top players in practice habits, goal setting and mental toughness, and our players will quickly learn from him what they need to do to improve in these and many other areas and help us hold each other accountable."
Pirozzolo served as the mental skills coach with the New York Yankees from 1996 to 2002 when the Yankees won four World Series championships. He worked with the NFL's Houston Texans from 2002 to 2006 and received the 2004 Winston Shell Award for his innovative player development programs.
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- Associate Athletics Director for Development
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- Assistant General Manager, Booking & Event Operations
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- Running Game Coordinator / Offensive Line
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- Assistant Director for Academic Services
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- Director of Performance Nutrition
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Communications ( Social, BSB, WBB, TF, XC )
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- Assistant Director of Equipment Operations - Football
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- Deputy Athletics Director, Chief Revenue Officer
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- Defensive Graduate Assistant
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- Director of Player Development
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- Assistant Director for Creative Video
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Content Solutions
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- Director of Administration
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- Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement ( BSB )
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- Special Assistant to the Head Coach
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- Director of Video / Analytics
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- Associate Director for Sports Medicine ( Softball )
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- Assistant Director of Sports Performance
- Title / Assistant Director of Sports Performance
The 2021-22 athletic season is the second for Jake Allen as Houston's assistant director of sports performance after serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach for Houston men's basketball in 2019-20. Allen currently oversees all aspects of sports performance for the Cougars' baseball and men's and women's golf programs.
With his current role, Allen provides programming for individual student-athlete needs including strength, conditioning and mobility while working alongside the sports nutrition and medicine staff to appropriately implement sound nutrition and supplement plans as well as return to play and transitional rehab protocols.
As assistant strength and conditioning coach for a Houston men's basketball that captured the American Athletic Conference Championship, Allen was responsible for the oversight of newcomer racks during team lifts, monitoring post-practice training and administering daily individualized supplement protocols.
Allen came to Houston following six months as a graduate intern strength and conditioning coach with University of Texas men's basketball and additional Olympic sports. With men's basketball, he worked directly with walk-ons and redshirt student-athletes. He also conducted NBA combine testing and weekly weigh-ins as well as daily maintenance of fueling stations.
He assisted Texas' head strength and conditioning coach with women's swim and drive, track and field, soccer and tennis. With the soccer program, Allen was responsible for non-traveling training sessions.
Allen received his degree in nutrition and exercise physiology from Missouri in 2018. While at Missouri, he served 10 months as an intern strength and conditioning coach with the Tigers' men's basketball program. There, he was responsible for equipment maintenance and daily upkeep of the facility. He also assisted with the implementation of the strength and conditioning plans as well as with return-to-play and transitional rehab training protocols.
He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in advanced human performance from Liberty.
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- Coordinator of Sports Performance ( XC / TF, Swim - Dive )
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- General Manager - OVC Facilities
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- Assistant Director of Business & Travel
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- Associate Athletics Director for Facilities and Event Management Operations
- FACILITIES & EVENTS OPERATIONS
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- Graduate Assistant ( Swim / Dive, T & F, M & W Golf )
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Communications ( MBB, MGolf, WGolf )
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- Associate Director of Sports Medicine ( Soc / Ten )
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- Director of Maintenance & Engineering
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- Assistant Director of Player Personnel - Defense
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- Director of Football Operations
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- Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine ( MBkB, MGolf )
- University of Houston Athletics Department in 1997 As an Athletics Trainer
John Houston joined the University of Houston Athletics Department in 1997 as an athletics trainer at the University of Houston, serving as the primary contact trainer for Men's Basketball.
He was elevated to assistant athletics director for sports medicine in August 2019 and became an associate athletics director in June 2021.
Houston handles the Men's Basketball team's day-to-day needs within the sports medicine program, including the evaluation of injuries, oversight of treatment and rehabilitation programs, coordination of physician care and scheduling of preseason physical exams.
During his time with the Cougars, Houston has worked for six of the nine head coaches in program history and been a part of 489 victories, seven conference championships and 14 postseason appearances, including six NCAA Tournament appearances.
He returned to the state of Texas after serving three years as the assistant athletics trainer at Marshall. While there, Houston was the primary athletics trainer for the men's basketball team and assisted with other teams.
A native of Fritch, Texas, he graduated from Sandford-Fritch High School in 1986 and earned his undergraduate degree at Texas Tech in 1991. Houston received his master's degree in sports administration in 1994 from the University of Kentucky, where he served as a graduate assistant athletics trainer.
He went to Marshall after serving as the head athletics trainer at Georgetown College.
A certified athletics trainer, Houston is a member of the National Athletics Trainer Association, the Southwest Athletics Trainer Association and the College Athletics Trainers Association. He also is a licensed trainer in the state of Texas and a Certified Exercise Specialist with the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
He is married to the former Amie Winn, a four-year letterwinner in gymnastics at Kentucky and the 1990 Southeast Regional All-Around Individual champion. They have a son, Trey, who is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate.
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- Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Cougar Productions
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- Director of Creative Media
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- Graduate Assistant ( Softball )
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- Director of Creative Content
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- Associate Director of Sports Medicine ( Head WBB, WGolf )
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- Assistant Athletics Director of Facilities & Event Management Operations
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- Senior Associate Athletics Director for Special Projects / Special Assistant to the VP of Athletics
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- Assistant Athletic Director for Donor Information Management & Analytics
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- Director of Equipment - Football
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- Assistant Director of Strength & Performance ( FB ) / Director of Olympic Sports Performance ( MGolf )
• Kevin McCadam was named an Assistant Director of Strength & Performance at Houston in February of 2019.
• McCadam spent six seasons at West Virginia as the assistant director of strength and conditioning/speed development
• McCadam was a two-year member of the Virginia Tech football team from 2000-01, playing in 20 games and finishing his college career with 111 tackles. He earned his bachelor's degree in history from Virginia Tech, in 2001, and his master's degree in education in 2009, also from Virginia Tech.
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- Director of Equipment Operations - Olympic Sports
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Business Operations
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- Assistant Coach - Distance / Cross Country Coach
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- Associate Head Coach, Track & Field
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- Coordinator of Sports Performance ( WBB / VB )
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- Associate Director of Sports Medicine ( Baseball )
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- Senior Associate Athletics Director for Academics, Compliance & Financial Aid
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- Director for Basketball Operations
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- Associate Performance Dietitian
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- Director for Graphic Design
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- Director of Academic Services
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- Assistant Director for Creative Video
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- Assistant
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- Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach
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- Assistant Director of Operations / Player Development
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- Coordinator for Academic Services
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- Special Teams Coordinator
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- Assistant Director of Scouting
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- Director of Player Development
Matt Fast joined the University of Houston Men's Golf program as an assistant coach in June 2019.
He left the program to accept a similar position at Texas A&M in June 2021.
Fast came to Houston following an award-winning professional career.
After graduating from Mississippi State in 2009 with a degree in general business administration, Fast began his professional career.
He played on the Gateway Tour in 2010 and the Hooters Tour in 2011-12 before joining the Web.com Tour in 2013.
As a professional, he competed in 88 Web.com Tour events during his career and was a PGA TOUR Qualifying School Second-Stage medalist in 2014 and 2015.
"I am very excited to have Matt join our program. His history of playing golf at the professional level along with his success at the collegiate level and his knowledge of the game will be tremendous assets to our team," Dismuke said.
A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., Fast was a four-year letterman at Mississippi State from 2005 to 2009. There, he captured the 2006 Callis Communications Intercollegiate championship and was recognized as a Golf World National Golfer of the Week.
He was a member of two MSU teams, which competed in NCAA Regional play, and tied for 37th at the 2009 Austin Regional. Fast also competed in the 2008 NCAA Championships in West Lafayette, Ind.
As a high school star at Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg, Miss., Fast was a three-time Mississippi State High School individual champion and an AJGA All-American.
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- Assistant Director for Academic Services
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- Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
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- Assistant Director for Communications ( SOC )
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- Assistant Head Coach - Running Backs - Liaison to the THSCA
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- Deputy Athletics Director, Chief Operating Officer
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- Assistant
- Business Administrator
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- Assistant Strength & Performance Coach ( FB )
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- Defensive Graduate Assistant
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- Coordinator of Player Development
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- on Campus Recruiting Coordinator
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- Associate Athletics Director for Marketing & Fan Engagement ( FB )
- FAN ENGAGEMENT & MARKETING
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- Associate Director of Sports Medicine ( FB )
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- Director for Information Technology
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- Assistant Director of Player Personnel
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- Graduate Assistant for Game Operations & Event Management
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- Assistant Director of Compliance
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- Assistant Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement ( WBB )
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- Director of Football Video
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- Assistant Athletics Director Football - General Manager
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- Assistant Director of Player Development
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- Director of Ticket Operations
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- Offensive Graduate Assistant
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- Director of Information Management & Analytics
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- Director of Operations
- Technical Coordinator
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- Senior Learning Specialist / Tutoring Coordinator
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- Director of on - Campus Recruiting
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- Senior Associate Athletics Director for Facilities, Operations and Capital Projects
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- Offensive Graduate Assistant
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Academic Services
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- Director for Creative Video
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- Communications Assistant ( TEN )
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- Assistant Director of Financial Aid ( Athletics )
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- Assistant Director of Ticket Operations
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- Director of Marketing & Fan Engagement ( MBB, VB )
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- Senior Manager of Business Development
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- Assistant Director for Grounds, Facilities & Events
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- Director of Track & Field