Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Academics
- Email:
- tbromero@liberty.edu
Buck Romero enters his fifth year as a member of the men’s basketball staff and serves the program as its Academic Coordinator.
Romero is responsible for managing the academic experience of the student-athletes from enrollment through graduation, serving as a direct extension and liaison of the Athletic Academic Services office.
Romero is no stranger to the Liberty campus, as he joined the men’s basketball program after more than three years of service in various roles in the university’s admissions department.
Romero started as an admissions counselor in April 2002 and was promoted to a senior admissions counselor in June 2003. There, he managed a staff of 12 employees and was responsible for implementing policies and procedures which aided in the greatest growth in student enrollment in the school’s history.
In July 2004, Romero was named the university’s Coordinator of Retention and remained in the position until joining the men’s basketball program.
As Coordinator of Retention, Romero initiated and implemented strategy to help assist student retention and broadened student involvement by implementing strategies for students to participate in the retaining of their peers, and creating trust between students and administration.
Prior to joining the Liberty University admissions staff, Romero served in various roles in three different ministries. He was a youth leader at First Baptist Church in Big Piney, Wyo., during the summers of 1999 and 2000, while serving as a youth leader and mentor at The Center (1999-2001), an intercity ministry of Thomas Road Baptist Church, and as a campus missionary at First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga. (2001). Romero, a native of Big Piney, Wyo., received his associate degree from Northwest College in Powell, Wyo., in 1999, his bachelor’s degree in youth ministries from Liberty in 2001 and his masters of arts in religion from the Liberty University Theological Seminary in 2004.
Romero was married on June 9, 2007, to the former Alissa Brooks. The couple resides in Lynchburg.
