Chris Howard Returns to Bulls Program as Director of Operations

[Brad]

Chris Howard Returns to Bulls Program as Director of Operations

USF MEN’S BASKETBALL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: August 1, 2013

Howard Returns to Bulls Program as Director of Operations

Former USF standout Chris Howard (2006-10) joins Heath’s staff.

TAMPA – University of South Florida Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Heath finalized his coaching staff, naming former USF standout Chris Howard the Director of Basketball Operations. Howard’s familiarity with USF will be a valuable asset in his new role, where he will oversee day-to-day operations of the basketball program.

“We’re very excited to have Chris back on campus as a Bull for our operations position,” said Heath. “He was a very key member of our basketball program so it should be an easy transition with his familiarity with our style, myself and the players on the team. This will be a great opportunity for him to learn and grow at his alma mater.”

Howard will join the Bulls after playing overseas professionally following his graduation from USF in 2010. He was a key member of the Bulls’ squad from 2006-10 and still ranks fourth all-time in career assists with 487 (4.5 average). He started in 105 of his 109 career games played and served a large role for the Bulls as both a team captain and leader.

Howard graduated from USF with two degrees while leading the Bulls to a 2009-10 NIT appearance following a 20-win season. He was named the team’s defensive MVP all four seasons despite two separate ACL surgeries during his career. Commonly described the epitome of a USF Bull, Howard’s commitment, work ethic and sportsmanship will prove valuable in his new role overseeing the day-to-day operations of the program.

[Triple B]

Awesome news .... I know he's been around a lot since graduating. Good to have him officially helping out now.

[Vega]

Eventually Chris will move up to one of the assistant spots which will enable him to hit the road recruiting. He can be so valuable there imo. The good thing is he gets to work with the kids coming on the campus and the current Bulls' players namely the guards. Heath put together a good staff, but could've been great if he had got Charlton Young which would have been his Ace Recruiter of the state of Florida.

[smazza]

what does such a director do?

[Vega]

what does such a director do?

 A lot

 

Position Summary

The Director of Operations will oversee the daily operation of the recruiting office, as instructed by the coaching staff.  This position will also plan and coordinate Community Relations and work with different areas in the community and create volunteer opportunities for the student-athletes. This person will oversee all aspects of recruiting within the sport program. This includes planning and coordinating recruiting visits, coordinating the recruiting database and mailing system. This position will travel with the team and assist with all logistics as it relates to travel and coordinate team video needs.

Essential Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities

Recruiting

Official and Unofficial Visits

Organize official and unofficial visits of recruits; Organize and coordinate recruit game-day logistics; coordinate meals, activities, seating, etc. for recruits during visits to BGSU.  Coordinating on campus visits and events, which includes:

Official Visits: coordinate all hotel and travel accommodations for the prospective student athlete, Meetings with: professors on campus, athletic director, coaching staff, student-athlete and academic services, Create schedules for each prospective student athlete along with itineraries for the visit, Coordinates all events throughout the visit.

Unofficial Visits:  Coordinate prospective student-athletes schedule with coaches’ schedule, schedule meetings with coaching staff, send out invitations to all home games, gather information about prospective student-athlete, give tour of campus and facilities, etc.

Coordinating logistics for events, which includes:  paperwork, compliance, itineraries, meetings, lodging, transportation, food, location, etc.

 

Recruiting Travel/ Accommodations

Responsible for scheduling meetings with coaches and prospective student-athletes, setting up appointments for coaches, speaking engagements at specific events, travel reservations for Coaching staff during recruiting period and for prospective student-athletes during visits.  

Responsible for initiating the “who and when†of our recruiting efforts, which includes: present team to coaching staff, managing assistant coaches’ travel destinations, providing list to recruiting department of top prospects to visit, organizing head coaches’ travel schedule, maintaining master travel schedule and calendar, distributing travel dates and locations to office personnel, provide assistant coaches with travel itinerary, provide assistant coaches with high school profile sheets, provide assistant coaches with recruiting materials for the road: blank DVDs / return envelopes, media guides, questionnaires, camp brochures

Maintaining the prospective student-athlete pool

Establish data bank of prospects utilizing varied recruiting services, distribute prospect lists to coaches, maintain the film log system, update recruiting boards in staff room, ensure that all top prospects have film profiles on the network, analyze national trends in recruiting, research new target areas, review each area with individual coaches on a regular basis, maintain combine results, prepare tapes for staff meetings, respond to any position needs on the board, work with coaches on recruiting needs and depth

Daily Operations

Work with the coaching staff with the flow of daily correspondence and day to day operations of running a sport program.  Work with supervisor to develop short and long range planning.  Make recommendations to supervisor to improve/change current policies/procedures.  Responsible for developing a manual for recruiting, academics and athletes, etc. Responsible for coordinating the Head Coaches calendar in regards to recruiting and appearances in the community.

Player/ Parent Contact

Disability Insurance for Players: Educate players/ parents on disability insurance, Provide assistance to players/parents with application procedures to acquire disability insurance

Liaison between coaches and parents – main parent contact

 

Academic Liaison

Serve as the liaison to the Director of Compliance for admission procedures and assist in filing with the NCAA Eligibility Center for all prospective student-athletes.

Responsible for compiling and processing academic information on prospects, which includes: preparing pre-application binders for: Admissions, Athletic Director, Head Coach, Recruiting Coordinator, Director of Compliance; this includes: pre-application binders containing the following: pre-applications for admission, transcripts, test scores, progress reports, high school profile

Responsible for maintaining academic paperwork, inform coaches on needed items, maintaining individual files for all offered players, transcript breakdowns for top prospects or by request of coach

Assist with the monitoring of academic progress of student-athletes. Establish and maintain an environment conducive to the welfare and academic success of the student-athlete. Establish and maintain effective interactions with students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and the public.

Assist with Summer Camps

Work with staff in order to develop a senior camp, youth camp, team camp, and the logistics of each

Responsible for all recruiting aspects of summer camp

This includes: providing lists of prospects attending camp to coaches, separating prospects from general campers on day of camp, providing recorded times to coaches during camp

End of Year Banquet and “Senior Send-Offâ€

Coordinate and organize the end of year banquet and senior send off for each season.  Schedule and oversee all logistics of event.  

Liaison for Compliance

Distributing compliance bulletins to all staff for each recruiting cycle, informing compliance of coaches’ travel schedule, maintaining and turning in phone logs to compliance, proactively identifying and resolving any walk-on eligibility issues, staying up-to-date on all new legislation and inform all staff, preview official and unofficial visit compliance paperwork

Team Accommodations

Coordinate team travel for home and away games; help set up rooms and meals; logistics of team travel itineraries, registration lists, manage, locker room, coaches and compliance with NCAA, conference, and Bowling Green State University rules and regulations

Compliance, Recruiting, Team, etc.

Prepare reports, records, and other related documents; preparing paperwork for national letter of intent and applications, monitor grant-in-aid lists and numbers, all with a sensitivity to numbers and counters

Community Relations Director

Coordinate and plan visits to schools, hospitals and working with our players in the community. Making sure the players volunteer and help out in the community within the school system, Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, visiting children in the hospital, etc.

This list of essential duties, tasks and responsibilities is not all-inclusive; individual will perform other related duties as assigned.

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