Bryan Hicks

Bryan Hicks is in his 12th year with the U of L Athletic Department and fifth as Assistant Athletic Director for Academics. He is responsible for overseeing academics for the Cardinal football team and managing the Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Computer Lab.

Hicks serves on the University's Commission on Diversity and Racial Equality (CODRE), the Directors Council for University Wide Advising and is coordinator for the athletics department program S.C.O.R.E. (Student-Athletes of Color Combining Opportunity and Responsibility for Excellence).

A native of Huntsville, Ala., Hicks attended Tuskegee University and played on the basketball and baseball teams there. He received his bachelors degree in Marketing from Alabama A&M University in 1992 and went on to receive his Masters in Public Administration (MPA) degree from Portland State in 1996.

Hicks came to U of L after serving as assistant men's basketball coach and coordinator of multicultural admissions at Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon. While with the Cardinals, Hicks has served as the compliance coordinator over education and monitoring and as an academic counselor.

Hicks and his wife, Kellie, are the parents of three children -- two daughters, Hailey and Sydney, and one son, Garrett.