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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:

– Senior Professional

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of a particular field. Works independently on moderately complex work assignments under limited oversight, reviews progress, and evaluates results. Monitors work and projects ensuring timeliness, quality, and efficiency. Identifies and mobilizes resources to achieve outcomes. Trains others and reviews progress with management. Presents ideas, concepts, and instructions in a clear and persuasive manner. Develops new techniques, concepts, and approaches and applies them to moderately complex and strategic and/or operational issues.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Indirect supervisor for other full–time employees
– May serve as direct supervisor for part–time, student, and/or temporary workers, volunteers, or a full–time employee

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– May validate and pay invoices
– Monitors and tracks budgets and funding

Problem Solving:

– Encounters moderately complex problems
– Applies specialized knowledge and skills to resolve problems
– Understands benefits, limitations, and impact of potential solutions

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on moderately complex work assignments, reviews progress, and evaluates results
– May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines established by supervisor
– May review the work of others to verify accuracy and conformance to required procedures and special instructions

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally within working unit and the University
– Communicates with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– May communicate with external audiences for business purposes
– Coaches others in using appropriate strategies for resolving conflict; negotiating reasonable compromises; and proposing and evaluating possible solutions
– Give candid and constructive feedback to others to influence and persuade managers and employees to accept and implement findings and recommendations

• Comp Grade – 11
• Minimum – $68,200.00
• MidPoint – $85,200.00
• Maximum – $102,300.00

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