Scott Gines Ed.D.
Economic Consultant
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Office Phone- (850)-841-1726
Email- Scott@libertypartnersfl.com
A veteran Head Coach, Athletics Director, and Vice President across five decades and eight institutions, Gines’ career is characterized by resetting and rebuilding teams, departments, and divisions.
His career began in 1987 as the Nation’s youngest NCAA Division I head baseball coach, and for 13 years Gines rebuilt and led two historically losing programs, departing as each institution’s all-time baseball wins leader. An athletics administrator who ascended from the coaching ranks, Gines completed a 22-year career that included four terms as Director of Athletics and three Vice Presidencies. Gines is one of few NCAA Directors of Athletics to lead PWI, HSI, and HBCU universities.
Noted for his work in strategic, gender equity, and financial planning, Gines’ developed sustainable multi-million-dollar pro forma budgets, retired debt service, elevated revenues, and advanced giving and sponsorship initiatives. On multiple occasions, Gines’ departments led NCAA institutions in Community Engagement Ideas that Work, finished in the National Top 10 in average per game football attendance, and hosted NCAA post-season playoff, Regional, and National Championship competitions.
A 1983 distinguished graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Gines holds a M.Ed. in sport psychology from the University of Virginia and an Ed.D. in Leadership from the University of St. Thomas (MN). He is a fellow of the Higher Education Management Institute (Vanderbilt University), a graduate of the Sport Management Institute Executive Program (Universities of Michigan and Texas), an alumnus of the Transformational Leadership Program at the Universities of Adelaide and Texas and holds an artificial intelligence certification from the University of Oxford. Gines’ publications include submissions in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, The Coaching Clinic, A.B.C.A Quarterly Digest and Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.