The effectiveness of academic coaching at a mid-sized public university was evaluated for the spring 2020 semester by examining the change in academic performance and retention to the fall 2020 semester. Coaching effectiveness was evaluated across three different groups of undergraduate students. Two of the groups were academic recovery programs and one was comprised of students in good standing. Student data from the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) was analyzed for coached students and non-coached students using an ex-post-facto, quasi-experimental design. Results indicated that coached students in good academic standing had a significant increase in cumulative GPA of 0.12 from pre to post semester. For academically at-risk students in the two academic recovery programs, Freshman Grade Point Recovery and Summit, the results showed a significant increase of 0.55 and 0.54 in cumulative GPA respectively, and a significant increase of 0.42 and 0.89 in term GPA compared to matched non-coached groups respectively. Retention rates to the fall 2020 semester were higher for all coached students compared to matched non-coached groups.