The Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Health, Wellness, and Performance will lead a comprehensive high-performance team, to include sports medicine, applied health and performance science, performance nutrition, strength and conditioning, and mental wellness, with the goal of developing and supporting innovative strategies that increase the efficiencies and effectiveness of the high-performance group and the ability to optimize student-athlete health, wellness, and performance of the University of Utah’s 20 varsity athletics teams and its more than 500 student-athletes. The Associate AD will be required to enhance the integrative synergies among the high-performance groups, practitioners, UHealth, academic researchers, and industry partners to leverage the multidisciplinary resources of the University of Utah, and the Salt Lake City area to maximize creative resourcing opportunities and ensure the implementation of best practices. The Associate AD will be required to lead, inspire, and hold accountable the high-performance directors of the units mentioned above, and serve as the conduit to athletics leadership with the focus on optimizing communication, clearly defining and articulating strategies that address the needs of the high-performance areas, and fostering key relationships and partnership that support efforts to enhance student-athlete health, wellness, and performance.

• Master’s Degree preferred or applicable experience in Sports Administration, Educational Leadership, Kinesiology, Sports Science, or other related academic disciplines
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience working in a high-performance environment
• Must have a minimum of 6 years leading an integrated high-performance program
• Must be familiar with cutting edge strategies for health, wellness, and performance optimization
• Experience working with faculty, athletics staff, practitioners, and student-athletes
• Experience developing and implementing innovative health, wellness, and performance ideas and putting them into practice.

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to lead, inspire, and work in a collaborative manner
• Ability to build and nurture key professional relationships