Tommy Jones is a distinguished Growth Coach, educator, leadership consultant, and strategic advisor. Electing for a more applied approach to his Graduate School experience, he began working as an Academic Mentor and soon fell in love with the field of Student-Athlete Academic Support. This led to a 15-year career working as an Academic Advisor, Academic Counselor, NBA advisory board member, and Associate Director. His responsibilities included providing individualized academic support plans, skill set development, career counseling, team building, mental wellness counseling, and personal financial education to various high-profile and underprepared student-athletes with Men’s Basketball, Football, Women’s Basketball, and Women’s Volleyball Programs.

Tommy’s leadership experience was greatly strengthened in these roles, as he provided direct support and supervision to championship teams, part-time and full-time staff, along with maintaining day-to-day operations of Michigan’s Ross Academic Center for Student-Athletes. This included the recruitment, training and oversight of large Tutorial, Mentoring, and Assistant Academic Counselor Programs. Tommy’s drive for excellence combined with his ability to build effective relationships was the key to his success and upward mobility within the Student Athlete Academic Support field. This led to his success with creating, implementing and evaluating comprehensive programs and workshops, as well as building trust with Student-Athletes, Parents, Athletic Directors, Athletic Administrators, Deans, Vice Provosts, Faculty, Sport Coaches, Operations, and Medical Staffs.

Tommy earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Management from the University of Michigan (2001). While in Ann Arbor, Tommy was a member of the Football Team, who won two Big Ten Championships and one BCS Championship (1998-2000) during this time playing wide receiver. Tommy earned his Master’s Degree in Counseling from Michigan State University (2006).