Scott Larson is the first full-time compliance director at USC Upstate, coming onboard with the Spartans in January of 2007 as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance. He was promoted to Associate AD for Compliance in the summer of 2007.

Larson has over nine years of compliance experience at the Division I level. Throughout his professional career, Larson has developed and implemented several programs to improve the compliance operations at the institutions where he has worked.

Larson came to USC Upstate from the University of Texas at El Paso where he served as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Aid from 2005-06. He oversaw all aspects of the compliance program. In addition, he had oversight responsibilities for the women's tennis and rifle programs.

Prior to his stint at UTEP, he served as Assistant AD for Compliance at Northern Arizona University from 2004-05 and was the Assistant AD for Compliance at Gardner-Webb University from 2003-04. He served as the Compliance Monitoring Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin from 2001-03.

Larson worked as a graduate assistant in compliance at Arizona State University from 1998-01. He began working towards his professional career as an undergraduate intern in the compliance office at the University of Tulsa from 1997-98.

Larson graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Tulsa with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Sports Administration in 1998. He received his master's degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University in 2001.

Larson is a native of Topeka, Kan., and graduated from Topeka West High School. He and his wife, Marla, are the proud parents of two sons; Cade and Reid.