USF Athletics

USF Athletics welcomed Carlton Rice to Tampa as the Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Enhancement in January of 2022.
 
In his position, Rice oversees the day-to-day operations of the Student-Athlete Enhancement unit including staff, programming and execution. He has a special focus on the areas of leadership advancement including the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), the Black Student-Athlete Council (BSAC), and the Student-Athlete Leadership Academy. Personal enhancement and department wide events are other areas he works very closely with.
 
Rice, is pursuing his doctorate of education from Tennessee State University, came to USF after serving eight years as the athletic director at Lawson State Community College (2013-21) in Birmingham, Ala. He also previously served as athletic director at Burke High School (2009-13) in Charleston, S.C., and worked as a physical education instructor and as a graduate assistant in the Alabama A&M athletics department.
 
Rice was a football letterman at Mississippi State (2003-06), where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 2006, and at Alabama A&M, where he was the Defensive MVP and earned his master’s degree in physical education in 2009.


Current accomplishments: 

• NCAA 2022 Effective Facilitation Workshop
• USF Project Management Certificate - USF Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education 
• USF Safe Zone Ally Certificate- USF Office of Multicultural Affairs 
• USF Athletics HR Employee Appreciation Green & Gold Award 
• Member of NACDA, N4A, MOAA