Mark Gumble

Mr. Mark Gumble is the assistant vice president for student services at UCF, a role he has continued with a wide range of responsibilities since 2011.  He currently manages three offices within the Division of Student Success and Well-Being, including First Year Experience, which coordinates orientation for new students and families, the nationally award-winning Student Academic Resource Center, and the innovative University Testing Center.  Mr. Gumble also serves as the chair of the Admissions and Standards Committee and participates on several other university-wide committees for student accessibility and success. He was originally hired at UCF in 2005 as the director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes and helped transform that unit into one of the most successful NCAA Division I academic support programs for student-athletes in the nation.  While at UCF, he has supervised four other offices including Student Accessibility Services, Inclusive Education Services, Career Services, and PeerKnights.  

Prior to arriving at UCF, Mr. Gumble began his career at Binghamton University, which is his alma mater. There he served in several roles including as a resident director, the head wrestling coach, an instructor of health and physical education, and was the founding director of the Educational Enhancement Program for Student-Athletes. In 1998 he was hired to serve as an academic advisor for student-athletes at San Diego State University and was promoted to the director’s position of Student-Athlete Support Services in 2000. Mr. Gumble graduated from Binghamton University with a bachelor’s degree in literature and rhetoric, and a master’s degree in social science. 

Throughout his career, Mr. Gumble has been honored several times for his accomplishments as a student-athlete and coach by being inducted into five athletic Hall of Fames. He has also been recognized for his scholarship by presenting on student success and career services at dozens of national conferences and wrote a chapter for Radical Reimagining for Student Success in Higher Education, which was published in 2023. 

• First Year Experience
• Student Academic Resource Center
• University Testing Center