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Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Executive Director of Academic Services/M. Basketball
- Email:
- kamari@GoCards.com
- Phone:
- 852-2786
Kamari Wooten, a member of the UofL athletics staff since 2011, is in his sixth year overseeing the academic support duties for the Cardinals’ men’s basketball team as Executive Director of Academic Services.
Prior to working with the men’s basketball student-athletes, he guided the academic support services for UofL’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s golf and volleyball programs for six years. He joined the UofL staff after an eighteen month stint with Alabama State University, where he served as an athletic academic advisor for men’s basketball, women’s soccer’s, and men’s and women’s track & field, while also serving as the SAAC (student-athlete advisory committee) advisor.
A native of Detroit, Wooten played basketball at Kentucky State University and Wayne County Community College. He is a member of National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA).
Wooten earned a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from Kentucky State University (2007) and a master’s in Sport Management from Eastern Kentucky University (2008).
He and his wife Marnika have two daughters, Kyndall and Kari.
