Eric Coleman - Senior Associate AD/Academics and Student Development - Staff Directory

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Eric Coleman

Title:
Senior Associate AD/Academics and Student Development
Email:
Phone:
561-297-6957

Eric Coleman joined the Florida Atlantic University staff in October of 2016 and currently holds the title of senior associate athletic director for academics and student development. In that position, Coleman has oversight of the FAU student-athletes’ academic success as well as sport supervision for men’s and women’s basketball, and men’s and women’s soccer. He was elevated to that role in 2018 after serving as the Owls’ associate director of athletics and director of the student-athlete center for academic excellence and sport supervisor for women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, and as men’s and women’s soccer.

Under Coleman’s guidance, FAU’s Student-Athlete Center for Academic Excellence provides support for nearly 450 student-athletes, including first-generation college students as well as those with documented learning disabilities.

Coleman provides leadership, training and supervision for 10 full-time advisors, four full-time graduate interns and 50 part-time staff members who work day-to-day supporting the FAU student-athletes in various ways including: athletics, academic counseling, life skills, career preparations and ultimately serve as mentors.

Since Coleman’s arrival on campus, Florida Atlantic student-athletes have excelled in the classroom. FAU student-athletes have posted 10 consecutive semesters with a 3.0 GPA or better. In 2020, FAU saw 14 of its 19 varsity teams earn a perfect eligibility score, including eight teams posting a perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) score. That collective effort enabled the Owls to post a 992 APR for the 2018-19 year which is the highest single-year score in the department’s history.

Coleman and his staff have also cultivated an environment that supports community service. FAU earned the Conference USA SAAC Cup and has performed nearly 5,000 hours of community service in each of the last two academic years (2018-20).

Prior to FAU, Coleman was a member of the student services staff at Fresno State, where he was responsible for the management and oversight of the academic and student services operation for all student-athletes. During the 2014-15 academic year, Fresno State's student-athlete population posted a 3.12 GPA, which was the highest ever yearly score on record. Fourteen Fresno State sport programs posted team GPAs of over 3.0, which was the first time that many programs tallied above a 3.0 since 2006-07. Additionally, 60% of student-athletes posted GPAs of 3.0 or higher for the spring 2015 semester.