Faculty Athletic Liaisons
Centre launched the Athletics Faculty Liaisons Program to strengthen communication between athletics and academics and to build a shared understanding among faculty and coaches. The program offers faculty an opportunity to connect more closely with student-athletes and athletic teams while supporting Centre’s broader educational mission.
Expectations
Be a fan. Show your support for our student athletes and their pursuit of excellence outside the classroom.
Be willing to act in an advisory role both to our student-athletes and to our coaches. Our division III athletic programs provide outstanding opportunities for our students to compete at a very high level athletically and still remain focused on being serious students. The faculty liaison is in an excellent position to help our student athletes balance both of these important pursuits.
Be an informed advocate for your team to the faculty and coaching staff. At Centre we are fortunate to have both a coaching staff and a faculty who place the well-being of our students at the very top of our list of priorities. The faculty liaisons to our athletic teams will help facilitate open and healthy discussions about how we can best serve our student athletes.
A few things that faculty liaisons will not do:
You will not act as an assistant coach. Regardless of how much you believe that the wishbone offense or the flying vee formation should make a comeback, you will not be given a voice in determining strategy or reaching decisions.
You will not be acting in a supervisory role over the coaching staff. You will have no line-item-veto power over scheduling issues or practice times.
You will not have to drive the team bus or act as the water-person or equipment manager.
2025-2026 Liaisons
- Baseball - Daniel Scott
- Basketball (W) - Christian Wood
- Basketball (M) - Steve Asmus, Daniel Scott
- Cheerleading -
- Cross Country (M & W) - David Anderson, Jeff Fieberg
- E-Sports - John Harney, Shea Carr
- Field Hockey - Amanda Falk
- Football - Rob Seebacher, Anthony Jones
- Golf (M & W) - Jeff Heath
- Lacrosse (W) - Kelly O'Quinn, Claire O'Quinn
- Lacrosse (M) - Prayat Poudel
- Soccer (M) -
- Soccer (W) - Erin Wachter
- Softball -
- Swimming & Diving (M & W) - Amanda Falk, Kerry Paumi
- Tennis (M) - Ravi Radhakrishnan
- Tennis (W) - Daryl Swartzentruber
- Track & Field (M & W) - David Anderson, Jeff Heath
- Volleyball - Jeff Heath
Interested in Joining the Team?
Contact Jeff Heath and he will match you with a team and a coach. He will also provide the Guidelines for Athletics Faculty Liaisons, along with a helpful list of best practices that past liaisons have found valuable in building strong, successful relationships with their teams. While we can’t guarantee placement with a specific team, we are committed to finding a meaningful way for anyone who is interested to participate in the program.
