Football
- Title:
- Assistant AD/Academic Services
- Email:
- justin@GoCards.com
- Phone:
- 852-1446
A veteran administrator, Ruffin enters his 20th year working in intercollegiate athletics and serves as the sport administrator for the men's and women's tennis program. Ruffin is on the senior staff leadership team, and is a participant and a member of several campus wide committees and organizations including the university's Strategically Organizing Against Racism (S.O.A.R.) Committee, Bias Response Team, Name Image and Likeness Board, and Committee on Academic Performance (CAP).
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Within his heightened role, he will lead, develop and manage UofL's nationally recognized intercollegiate student-athlete support program. He will also serve as the Atlantic Coast Conference representative during academic director's meetings.
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At the conference level, Ruffin also serves on the ACC C.O.R.E. (Champions of Racial Equity) committee by representing the University of Louisville and collaborating with other ACC administrators to drive unity and inclusion across the institutions. He is also the Chair of the ACC Women's Tennis Committee where he addresses committee issues during the senior woman administrator meetings and assists the Conference liaison with various logistical, operational, and administrative issues that may arise during the Women's ACC Tennis Tournament.
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Prior to the University of Louisville, Ruffin served five years at James Madison University. At JMU, Ruffin was responsible for the academic development, management, and coordination of football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's swimming, wrestling, and men's and women's tennis programs. He assisted with developing and implementing academic strategic plans and procedures for programs designed to cultivate both an environment that supports elite performance and a first-class student-athlete experience that prepared them for life after sport.
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Ruffin is a former student-athlete at James Madison University, earning All-Conference recognition as a defensive back for the football team and lettering three years on the baseball team. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Integrated Science and Technology and later earned his Master of Science in Athletic Administration from JMU.
A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Ruffin is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A), and the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA).
Justin and Erika have three sons: Justin Jr, Jayson, and Joshua.
