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The Athletic Analytics Specialist supports the success of a high-performance collegiate athletic program by delivering advanced data analysis, strategic insights, and operational support; is responsible for evaluating athlete, team, and opponent performance; collaborates closely with coaching staff to develop data-informed strategies, scouting materials, and performance reports that enhance competitive outcomes.

• Analyze practices, game performance, and opponent tendencies to deliver actionable insights that inform coaching strategies, game planning, and in-competition adjustments
• Prepare, review, and interpret individual athlete, unit, and team performance data using advanced analytics tools and video analysis platforms
• Generate detailed scouting reports, playbooks, call sheets, schemes, and scripts for coaches
• Develop preliminary scouting reports and strategic schemes in advance of practices and competitions
• Create and deliver self-scout reports to evaluate team tendencies, strengths, and areas for improvement
• Perform quality control duties, including charting plays and statistics, maintaining depth charts, and evaluating game film, in collaboration with the coaching staff
• Coordinate the collection, integration, and distribution of data, ensuring timely access for coaches and staff
• Support the coaching staff by preparing, organizing, and maintaining materials essential to the successful operation of the program
• Identify trends and performance indicators through statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and video breakdown
• Coordinate meetings between the program, external consulting partners, student-athletes, and families to support informed decision-making processes
• Oversee relationships with external stakeholders, including agent consultants, ensuring student-athletes receive appropriate guidance during the agent selection process
• Facilitate communication and logistics between coaching staff, analytics providers, and program leadership
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of all performance data, reports, and analytics systems

Level:

– Intermediate Professional

Base Description:

– Completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates ability to perform intermediate tasks in defined skill areas. Demonstrates intermediate knowledge of internal procedures. Works under general supervision, performing assignments that may be varied and sometimes difficult. Supports team decisions and follows through with team responsibilities. Interprets and communicates information clearly and accurately. Demonstrates intermediate problem–solving skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– May serve as direct supervisor for part–time, student, and/or temporary workers or volunteers

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– May validate and pay invoices

Problem Solving:

– Encounters generally routine problems; occasionally faces more complex and/or varied problems
– Typically follows recommended course of action and procedures to resolve problems
– Applies knowledge of larger unit goals, priorities, and related procedures in determining course of action

Independence of Action:

– Work is generally monitored by supervisor
– Detailed instructions and procedures are generally provided
– Uses available guidelines to make appropriate adaptations to routine situations and refers other situations to supervisor

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally within working unit and/or the University
– May communicate with external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members
– Interprets and communicates information, ideas and instructions clearly and accurately both verbally and in written materials intended for distribution

• Comp Grade – 4
• Minimum – $34,800.00
• MidPoint – $42,600.00
• Maximum – $50,500.00

• Data reporting
• Performance improvement
• Quality control
• Report writing
• Sports analytics
• Sports management
• Strategic thinking
• Team performance