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James Madison University Partners with ACS Athletics

James Madison University, a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), has selected ACS Athletics InControl^TM software as a student-athlete life-cycle management solution.  With InControl^TM, the Dukes have taken a holistic approach to solving many of the day to day challenges associated with recruiting, compliance monitoring, roster management, student-athlete forms, practice logs, Playing and Practice Season tracking, complimentary admissions, and much, much more.  In taking a department-wide approach, JMU coaches and administrative staff will realize benefits on a broad scale, eliminating many of the paper-driven processes and condensing prospect and student-athlete information into one integrated system.

“We are excited about the potential that ACS has to offer our coaching staff, not only as a top notch recruiting tool but also the ability to manage their current student-athletes, as well,” said Jennifer Phillips, Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance.  “The potential that the ACS system offers our department in sharing information in a centralized location is endless.  The benefit of going paperless for student-athlete forms and recruiting paperwork submitted within the system by coaching staff is immeasurable.  This will give us, as a Compliance Staff, the opportunity to focus our attention on other areas,“ Phillips said.

JMU has joined a growing list of institutions that are electing to solve challenges on a broader scale, noting the department-wide benefits of using a single software platform to manage the student-athlete life-cycle.  With 18 sports and over 400 student-athletes, managing critical information can be quite a challenge.  With InControl^TM, JMU will retain an electronic record of every activity associated with each student-athlete from the time he or she completes an online questionnaire as a prospect, until graduation and beyond.  Not only will coaches and staff members have access to review this information as needed and in real time, but it will be accessible to generate reports and identify historical trends.  In addition, ACS InControl^TM will allow JMU to meet or exceed industry standards in monitoring recruiting, playing and practice season logs, complimentary admissions and more.

“From a compliance view point, I believe that ACS will help our office work more effectively and efficiently, as well as assist with the workload of collecting and sharing information,” Phillips said.  “I am also confident that as we roll out each of the modules the system offers, it will provide the same results for our sports programs as well as our administrative team.”

If your institution is interested in taking the next step and implementing a technology solution that will allow your program to move forward, please contact ACS Athletics at (512) 343-8811 or via email at sales@acsathletics.com.

ACS Athletics Announces Partnership with The Compliance Group To Assist ACS Clients

Austin, TX, September 7, 2010 – ACS Athletics is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Compliance Group, a leading provider of compliance services to NCAA institutions. ACS Athletics has contracted with TCG to provide a variety of compliance and educational related services to ACS’s rapidly growing customer base.

“This partnership is a sign of our commitment to help customers not only implement the most advanced compliance and student-athlete management technologies, but also provide access to the best compliance education and consulting services available,” said Rayan Rutledge, Vice-President of Business Development, ACS Athletics. “Our clients rely on us to improve their internal processes and provide proactive compliance solutions to reduce risk. We want to do more to help our customers protect their reputations and keep up with the changing NCAA compliance landscape. Collaborating with TCG will allow us to provide compliance education on industry trends and ensure customers get maximum benefit out of our InControl™ system.”

This initiative reinforces ACS Athletics vision for providing clients with personalized, customer-centric services to meet each athletics department’s unique needs. “We are pleased to announce this new relationship with TCG to provide compliance education and consultative support to our customers,” said Phillip Engle, CEO of ACS Athletics.  “Over the last decade, Chuck Smrt and the TCG team have excelled at helping athletics departments in their efforts to remain in compliance with NCAA legislation. We look forward to working with TCG to support our customer’s similar efforts to ensure NCAA compliance, including through the use of the InControl™ product suite.”

The foundation of the partnership is based on empowering ACS customers to optimize athletics compliance operations by utilizing TCG’s extensive knowledge of NCAA compliance systems and ACS’s industry leading InControl product suite.  ACS customers will have the ability to leverage TCG’s consultative services to develop a personalized ACS road map that drives performance through increased software utilization.

To learn more about this new consultative partnership, please contact ACS Athletics at info@acsathletics.com or The Compliance Group at csmrt@tcgathletics.com.

About ACS Athletics

ACS Athletics improves athletics and business operational performance. Through our ACS InControl™ software, we provide a structure that gives athletics department staff and coaches a competitive advantage by simplifying and automating processes. ACS Athletics flagship product, ACS InControl™, centralizes document and information management in one system for the key operational areas that drive the Student-Athlete Lifecycle™, allowing stakeholders across an organization to see a holistic view of student-athlete records, recruiting, compliance monitoring, student-athlete forms, CARA logs, complimentary admissions, and much more.

About The Compliance Group
The Compliance Group (TCG) provides an array of quality and cost effective compliance services to intercollegiate athletics departments and conference offices. These include compliance reviews, major infractions case processing, waivers, academic services reviews, strategic planning,  and much more.  Founded in 1999, TCG has assisted numerous NCAA Division I, II, and III institutions and conferences.  TCG personnel have extensive on-campus, conference, and NCAA national office experience in various capacities, including a former NCAA major infractions case coordinator, university general counsel, and director of compliance.