Introduction to Health and Human
Performance
Guest Speaker: Sean McAndrews, MA,
NCAA Compliance Director
HHP 150 – 01
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Questions to ask Guest Speaker
1.
What do you do for a living?
a.
Athletic Administrator College - 30 years
2.
What is your title(s)
a.
Sr Assistant Athletic Director for
NCAA Compliance and Internal Operations?
3.
How long have you been in this
position?
a.
30 years , 7 months, 30 days by the
time of the class meets
4.
What was your starting salary?
Current Salary?
a.
$22,000 1995
b.
2021 -58,000 until $73,000 to stay
last year
5.
Education requirement/or desired certifications
for your job(s).
a.
Masters in Education Administration
b.
Certifications in Teaching online
c.
Certified AED/1st Aid/CPR
d.
Certified sports officials in my
teens and 20’s in basketball, baseball, and softball
e. Speak since 1998 on NCAA/NAIA rules
f. 1997-2010 WVSSAC Media Coordinator Boys & Girls basketball
g. Game day stats Charleston Alley Cats, WV Power, Dirty Birds over the various years since 1997-2022
6.
What are the working hours (average
work week) for this position(s)?
a.
August 1 to May 15, Monday – Friday
7:30 AM +/- until 6pm or later
b.
August 1 to May 15 Saturday – Sunday
10AM until home game is completed fall and winter sports
c.
August 1 to May 15 Saturday – Sunday
spring sports helping with game coverage when I am not finishing NCAA or
Federal reports
7.
Do you work from home?
a.
From 1995 until 2019 I was Director
of NCAA Compliance, Academics, Facilities, and Sports Information along with
teaching 4 classes every fall or spring 1999-2016…
i.
DURING THAT TIME, WAKE UP 4AM –
UPDATE CLASSES AND EITHER SID or NCAA items, Run 5:30-7AM – take daughter to
school 7:30; home 6pm or later if home game
b.
From 1995-2012 – I would work from
home
c.
From 2013-2019 – I worked from the
office more with daughter being older
d.
2019 – hired a SID
e.
2020 – hired another SID
f. 2021 - Game administrator/ academics
g. 2025 - both previous SID have left - too much work
8.
Did your undergraduate or graduate
degree prepare you the best for this position(s)?
a.
I was teacher education at WVU Social
Studies 5-12 – sports management without any business courses is a joke
b.
My graduate degree is in higher
education administration, but during that time I took and extra 9 hours each
term in either Business – Accounting, Business English, Management, Econ Stats
or Social Studies areas to go along with Education administration masters
c.
9.
Did you have to do an internship in
undergraduate or graduate school?
a.
No formal credit
b.
During under graduate and graduate –
I worked as a sports official and supervisor at WVU Intramurals
c.
During undergraduate I was intramural
chairman for my Fraternity Delta Tau Delta – 120 plus guys playing multiple
sports with the financial penalty of no show games costing the fraternity $100
or more along with preventing brawls, etc…
d.
During undergraduate and graduate
certified sports official basketball, baseball, softball
e.
Since I could not get into Master in
Sports Management at Ohio U, Slippery Rock, WVU, U Mass or Temple, I was going
to get my masters in Education administration at WVU and then go work at a
small college in Student life and volunteer my time in athletics…
f.
1992 I get hired at Glenville State
as the Director of Activities, All Campus Programming and a Residence hall and
I volunteered my time in athletics covering Sports Information, Facilities,
Academics, NCAA, and helping coach mens basketball
10. What advice would you give to someone going into this field(s) of work?
a.
An MBA with experience is the best
masters to get into the college athletics
b.
Build your network and experience
early
c.
Everyone can do one thing, can you
master everything you touch and make it easier for those around you. Can you
organize and make things simple and efficient.
i.
Are you a sponge or a rag
11. What are other similar Sports/Athletic position(s) related to your job
that you meet the qualification for?
a.
I can work at the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA
in the areas of game administration, marketing, or rules compliance
b.
I went back and got my teaching
certificate, so I can teach 5-12 and be a coach/athletic director at the middle
school or high school level
12. Your question other than one listed.
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