Jonathan Harrison
Lafayette,Indiana
Summary
Dynamic leader with extensive experience in managing operational aspects of team performance, including player recruitment, logistics, and budget administration. Successfully developed and implemented strategies that enhanced team operations, resulting in measurable improvements.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Director of Football Operations
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
03.2024 - Current
- Supported the Director of Football Operations in managing the day-to-day operations of the Purdue football program
- Assisted in every aspect of the players lives, including housing, academics, scholarship checks, and the transition/on-boarding of incoming players and staff members
- Coordinated the Advance Travel Team where I served as the lead contact for our hotels, buses, police escorts, and airports/FBO’s
- Assisted in budget management with the Director of Football Operations
- Oversaw the Teamworks calendar for the entire program
- Managed thirty student-workers throughout the year from various departments
Director of Football Operations
Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA
03.2022 - 03.2024
- Coordinated all aspects of travel for nine away games (including one post-season contest) during the 2022 season for a travel party consisting of more than 105 individuals each trip
- Worked with in conjunction with head coach Chris Villarrial to restructure our annual budget of $1.03M to resubmit to Saint Francis University administration
- Organized off-season prospect and team camps in which more than 250 prospects and four high school football teams attended
- Assisted in the recruiting efforts of more than 275 prospects and their families when visiting Saint Francis over the course of the last eleven months
- Responsibilities include setting up hotel/travel accommodations, filing paperwork with our compliance office for each prospect, setting up and taking photos of prospects in full uniform, entertaining prospects and guests, etc
- Redesigned the Saint Francis University football helmet and various other items of team-issued gear
Director of Football Operations
Ohio Dominican University
Columbus, OH
05.2020 - 03.2022
- Oversaw the day-to-day operations in areas of equipment, video, field maintenance, and managed support staff consisting of nine student managers
- Maintained the annual football budget with head coach Kelly Cummings while completing all expense reports for coaching staff
- Assisted in recruiting over 300 prospective student-athletes to ODU
- Coordinated all recruiting operations for coaching staff
- Organized and operated off-season prospect camps in which 600 recruits competed in
- Raised over $40,000 in the 2021 off-season
- Maintained social media accounts and handled all media relations
- Increased following on all social media platforms by 32%
Education
Bachelor of Science - Education – Sport Industry
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH12.2020
Skills
- Excellent communication
- Strong organization
- Leadership training
- Effective time management
- Team building
- Ability to work in a team
- Budget management
- Travel logistics
Timeline
Assistant Director of Football Operations
Purdue University
03.2024 - Current
Director of Football Operations
Saint Francis University
03.2022 - 03.2024
Director of Football Operations
Ohio Dominican University
05.2020 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Science - Education – Sport Industry
The Ohio State University
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