University of Maryland Athletics

CJ Oates was named an assistant director at the University of Maryland in July 2019. In addition to monitoring the academic progress for men's soccer, women's basketball, and women's tennis student-athletes, he also assists in the oversight of the continuing eligibility certification for all student-athletes.

Oates most recently served as athletic academic counselor for football at the University of Maryland from 2016-19. Before his time at the University of Maryland, he served as an academic coordinator for football at Northern Illinois University from 2014-16. His responsibilities included supervision of new student-athlete orientation. He also co-produced the annual student-athlete handbook and taught UNIV 101, University Freshman Experience course. He got his start working in academic services at the University of Oklahoma as an Academic Mentor.
 
Oates received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in sport management from Campbell University in 2011, where he competed as a football student-athlete. He then completed a master's degree in adult and higher education with a concentration in intercollegiate athletics administration from the University of Oklahoma in 2014.

He is a member of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A) and is also a member of the Legislative Affairs Committee.