Front Office

Arthur Hightower assists players with off-the-field issues and helps prepare them for life after football. He oversees programs in continuing education, life skills, financial and career education/planning and career internships. He serves on the NFL’s player development continuing education and financial education committees. In 2007, Hightower received the NFL’s Winston-Shell Award for commitment and dedication to developing unique and innovative ideas and solutions.

Hightower spent three years as assistant director of professional development at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. He oversaw the NCAA postgraduate scholarship selection process, the ethnic minority and women’s enhancement scholarship programs, the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males and the NCAA national office internship program. He also was an academic counselor for student-athletes at the University of Houston from 2000-01 and at the University of Maine from 1998-99.

Hightower played free safety at Florida A&M University, where he was named Male Scholar Athlete of the Year during his junior season. He graduated from FAMU, magna cum laude with a degree in graphic arts and printing management. Prior to graduation, he completed a Wall Street Journal internship in printing production-management.

Hightower earned a master’s degree in physical education with a concentration in sports administration from Florida State University in 1998. He worked as an NCAA national office intern from 1997-98, serving in the education services group.

Hightower was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and graduated from Brighton High School in Rochester, New York.