Football
Dorchester, Ryan
Ryan Dorchester
- Title:
- Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations
• Ryan Dorchester on Twitter
• Ryan Dorchester was named Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations at Houston on Jan. 11, 2019 after 14 seasons at West Virginia, his last five as Director of Player Personnel. In his current role, he assists Head Coach Dana Holgorsen in running all day-to-day aspects of the program.
• In his last role at WVU, Dorchester served in an administrative capacity, overseeing the organizational aspects of recruiting and managing the personnel of the current members of the program. He served as the liaison to coach Dana Holgorsen on all recruiting issues while coordinating Holgorsen’s recruiting efforts, including correspondence and in-person visits. He maintained status of scholarship offers, recruiting targets and commitments and updated the staff on recruiting issues. He also communicated eligibility and admissions status with prospective student-athletes and coaching staff.
• He served as the liaison with the University admissions office, the primary contact with the athletic compliance office regarding recruiting and oversaw the correspondence with prospects and high schools to facilitate the admissions process.
• Dorchester also coordinated the coaches’ travel schedule for recruiting and oversaw and organized the program’s records, checklists, calendars, research and recruiting boards. He monitored the recruiting expenses and budget and assisted the director of football operations with the overall budget, including planning, purchases and monitoring expenditures.
• Dorchester managed player personnel issues such as eligibility status and tracked participation and position depth. He also assisted the Associate Athletic Director/Football with individual student-athlete concerns and ensured student-athletes housing and financial aid process was completed.
• He started working with the Mountaineer football program in 2004 as a student equipment manager and served in that capacity for four years. He then was a graduate assistant for recruiting and assisted with the day-to-day operations of the program’s recruiting efforts.
• Dorchester and his wife, Leslie have a daughter, Gracelyn, and son, Gunner.
• Ryan Dorchester was named Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations at Houston on Jan. 11, 2019 after 14 seasons at West Virginia, his last five as Director of Player Personnel. In his current role, he assists Head Coach Dana Holgorsen in running all day-to-day aspects of the program.
• In his last role at WVU, Dorchester served in an administrative capacity, overseeing the organizational aspects of recruiting and managing the personnel of the current members of the program. He served as the liaison to coach Dana Holgorsen on all recruiting issues while coordinating Holgorsen’s recruiting efforts, including correspondence and in-person visits. He maintained status of scholarship offers, recruiting targets and commitments and updated the staff on recruiting issues. He also communicated eligibility and admissions status with prospective student-athletes and coaching staff.
• He served as the liaison with the University admissions office, the primary contact with the athletic compliance office regarding recruiting and oversaw the correspondence with prospects and high schools to facilitate the admissions process.
• Dorchester also coordinated the coaches’ travel schedule for recruiting and oversaw and organized the program’s records, checklists, calendars, research and recruiting boards. He monitored the recruiting expenses and budget and assisted the director of football operations with the overall budget, including planning, purchases and monitoring expenditures.
• Dorchester managed player personnel issues such as eligibility status and tracked participation and position depth. He also assisted the Associate Athletic Director/Football with individual student-athlete concerns and ensured student-athletes housing and financial aid process was completed.
• He started working with the Mountaineer football program in 2004 as a student equipment manager and served in that capacity for four years. He then was a graduate assistant for recruiting and assisted with the day-to-day operations of the program’s recruiting efforts.
• Dorchester and his wife, Leslie have a daughter, Gracelyn, and son, Gunner.
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