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Madi Harris
- Title:
- Director of Recruiting Operations
- Email:
- harr23mc@jmu.edu
- Phone:
- 540-568-6517
Madi Harris was hired as the James Madison football program's director of recruiting operations on January 27, 2023.
In her role with the Dukes, Harris is responsible for coordinating and managing all on-campus official and unofficial recruiting visits, including game day visits by prospective student-athletes. She coordinates recruiting correspondence with prospective student-athletes, high school coaches, junior college coaches and other appropriate entities.
Harris also helps develop and maintain JMU's prospective student-athlete databases and coordinates the collection of transcripts, assists with admissions and onboarding processes for signed athletes and works in conjunction with compliance, admissions and academics to ensure prospects meet James Madison University and NCAA admission standards.
She’ll also oversee preliminary academic evaluations of all PSAs.
Harris comes to Harrisonburg after spending the past year at UConn, where she held the same role in the 2022 season.
In her time with the Huskies, Harris secured travel arrangements for prospective student-athletes and their families during official visits, while also handling travel for UConn’s position coaches for all off-campus recruiting, clinics and conventions.
She also assisted the general manager in management of the recruiting budget. Additionally, Harris coordinated summer camp registrations and game day recruiting operations for all home games.
Prior to UConn, Harris spent 2021 on the Virginia Tech football staff as the assistant director of on-campus recruiting. She coordinated all on-campus official and unofficial visits for the Hokies, which included game days, junior days and summer camps. Harris also helped carry out daily operations of the football recruiting office while supervising 20 student workers.
Harris also spent the 2019 and 2020 seasons as a recruiting assistant with the Hokies.
She graduated from Virginia Tech in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing management from the Pamplin College of Business.
In her role with the Dukes, Harris is responsible for coordinating and managing all on-campus official and unofficial recruiting visits, including game day visits by prospective student-athletes. She coordinates recruiting correspondence with prospective student-athletes, high school coaches, junior college coaches and other appropriate entities.
Harris also helps develop and maintain JMU's prospective student-athlete databases and coordinates the collection of transcripts, assists with admissions and onboarding processes for signed athletes and works in conjunction with compliance, admissions and academics to ensure prospects meet James Madison University and NCAA admission standards.
She’ll also oversee preliminary academic evaluations of all PSAs.
Harris comes to Harrisonburg after spending the past year at UConn, where she held the same role in the 2022 season.
In her time with the Huskies, Harris secured travel arrangements for prospective student-athletes and their families during official visits, while also handling travel for UConn’s position coaches for all off-campus recruiting, clinics and conventions.
She also assisted the general manager in management of the recruiting budget. Additionally, Harris coordinated summer camp registrations and game day recruiting operations for all home games.
Prior to UConn, Harris spent 2021 on the Virginia Tech football staff as the assistant director of on-campus recruiting. She coordinated all on-campus official and unofficial visits for the Hokies, which included game days, junior days and summer camps. Harris also helped carry out daily operations of the football recruiting office while supervising 20 student workers.
Harris also spent the 2019 and 2020 seasons as a recruiting assistant with the Hokies.
She graduated from Virginia Tech in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing management from the Pamplin College of Business.
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