The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Deputy Athletics Director, Sports & Administration
- Email:
- Phone:
- 996-5813
Dan Carlson joined UAB Athletics in October 2015 as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration. Carlson is a veteran administrator who has over 20 years experience working in intercollegiate athletics.
Carlson oversees strength and conditioning, academic services, sports medicine and nutrition, and is the sport administrator for baseball, softball, track and field, cross-country, bowling, rifle and the dance/cheer teams.
A native of Powell, Tenn., Carlson attended St. Thomas University in Miami, Fla., double majoring in Sports Administration and Communications while working in the sports information office and interning with the Miami Dolphins. He then attended the University of Tennessee, earning a master’s degree in sport management and a master’s in Higher Education Administration (College Student Personnel).
While at Tennessee, he began working as a graduate assistant in the Football Recruiting office, assisting the coaching staff in assembling four straight Top 5 national recruiting classes, which laid the foundation for the Volunteers' 1998 National Championship. After Tennessee, he accepted a position at Mercer University as the Student Support Services Coordinator and later went on to serve at Georgia Tech as the Assistant Dean of Students.
He returned to Tennessee as the Academic Coordinator for Football and at different points from 2003-11 worked with women’s tennis, baseball and men’s and women’s track and field. He also oversaw the RAC (Renewing Academic Commitment) Program which assisted former student-athletes in all sports returning to finish their college degree.
In 2011, he became the Associate Director of Donor Services in Athletic Development at Tennessee, and in 2013 was promoted to Director of Internal Operations. During this time, Carlson was part of a staff that established record numbers in fundraising and saw several new athletic facilities funded and built.
