Serving as the Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations, Llanos has oversight over NCAA Compliance, academics, and other internal functions and reporting for the athletic department and institution. He also serves on multiple institutional committees as well as an active member of the Columbus State University Create Care team.
Llanos arrived at Columbus State as the head athletic trainer in 2004 before being promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine. Over the next year, he added the role of NCAA Compliance Director to his title.
Stepping into more of an administrative role, Llanos served as the tournament director for multiple Peach Belt Conference Championships and NCAA Regionals for various sports. An active contributor to NCAA conferences and committee work, Llanos has facilitated two NCAA Forums in 2013 (Student Athlete Leadership Forum & Career and Sports Forum). He is on the national review committee for the NCAA Career and Sports Forum.
Bringing a wealth of athletic training knowledge and expertise, the Columbus native assisted in helping transform the relationship between the athletic training community in the Chattahoochee Valley and the university. Llanos strengthened the partnership with the Hughston Clinic, the official sports medicine provider of the Cougars since 1985, in addition to providing additional support to local high school athletes in the Columbus area.
Under Llanos’ leadership, the Cougar athletic training staff has won three PBC Athletic Training Staff of the Year awards (10-11,11-12, and 13-14) and has hosted several PBC Sports Medicine Conferences in collaboration and partnership with the Hughston Clinic.
Additionally, Llanos was the 2010 MOAA (Minority Opportunities Athletic Association) grant recipient for the Peach Belt Conference and participated in the NCAA Division II Governance Academy. He was a graduate of the NCAA Leadership Institute in 2012.
Before CSU, Llanos served as the Head Athletic Trainer / Adjunct Instructor at Fort Valley State University from 2001 to 2004.
Llanos is a graduate of Carver High School in Columbus and later earned his BS in Exercise Science (athletic training) from Columbus State. He attended Auburn University through the Kenny Howard Athletic Training Fellowship at the Hughston Clinic-Auburn and worked at Valley High School as a graduate assistant athletic trainer. Llanos served as a summer athletic training intern for the Atlanta Falcons. He obtained his Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Columbus State and is currently completing his Educational Doctorate (EdD) in Higher Education Leadership from CSU. He has served as an Adjunct Instructor for CSU since 2014, in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science.
Llanos is married to Zaire Ghislaine Llanos, and they have three children, Liany, Julio III, and Vincent. They reside in Columbus where he enjoys the hobby of spending time with his family and home improvement.
