Brett Rattan joined the Mountaineer Football Student-Athlete Academic Services staff in August 2022 as an academic counselor to help provide academic guidance and support for West Virginia University’s football student-athletes.
Rattan’s current role also includes organizing and implementing academic programs that contribute to the educational and personal growth of WVU’s student-athletes and handles tutoring responsibilities as well.
He came to West Virginia from Texas A&M, where he served for two years as an academic advisor in the health and kinesiology department and as an athletic mentor.
In his role, he maintained undergraduate student case load of more than 350 and the database to include record of courses completed, catalog, classification, graduation and change of major. He assisted students with course advisement, the registration process, university resources, probation and life advice. He was the learning community coordinator, assisting freshmen taking the first-year experience course. He also worked with preprofessional students seeking post-graduation schooling/experience as physical therapists, occupational therapists and physician assistants.
Rattan also served as an assistant advisor intern with athletics academic services at Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, working with football and baseball. He also was an athletic academic advising intern at Stephen F. Austin State and was a physical education instructor at Quitman ISD in Quitman, Texas.
Rattan holds certifications in diversity and inclusion from USF, was a staff advisory council representative at Texas A&M and is a member of the National Association of Academic Advisors.
Rattan earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Stephen F. Austin State and his master’s degree in interdisciplinary students (education, student affairs, mass communications), also from Stephen F. Austin State. While an undergraduate student, he was a member of the Lumberjacks football team for two years.
