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Elliott Charles (born September 9, 1983 in Queens, New York) is an American university sports administrator and the current Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Chicago State University, an NCAA Division I sports program located in Chicago, Illinois.

Education and personal life [edit]

Charles graduated from Tampa Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida in 2001. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business management from the University of South Florida in 2005. He also earned a Master of Science in kinesiology and recreation from Illinois State University in 2007 and a Master of Business Administration in general business administration and management from Northern Illinois University in 2012. Charles is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He is married to Stormie (Surles) Charles from Calumet City, Illinois.

Athletic administration career [edit]

Charles was named director of intercollegiate athletics at Chicago State University on November 18, 2019, and joined the university on December 16, 2019, succeeding interim director Eric Hyman.

Charles began his professional career at Illinois State University, where he served as a graduate assistant in athletic academic/life skills from 2006-08. He then served in special projects for the Chicago Cubs in 2008 before being named director of marketing at DR & M Builders, Inc., a position he held from 2008-2010. Charles returned to college administration in 2009, working in compliance at Northern Illinois University until 2011. He worked in compliance at the University of Alabama from 2011-12 before being named assistant commissioner of the Mid-American Conference in 2012, a position he held for one year. In 2013, Charles was named associate athletic director at the University of South Florida, a position he held until 2016. At that point, he was deputy director of athletics at Florida A&M University from 2016-17 before being named associate athletic director at Clemson University, a position he would hold from 2017-19.