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A sports information director is a type of public relations worker who provides statistics, team, and player notes, as well as other information about a college or university's sports teams to the news media and public. [1]
In 2008, CoSIDA launched a strategic plan to change the image and focus of the organization. Part of the plan was to modify the traditional "Sports Information Director" job title to "Strategic Communicator". Along with this, CoSIDA changed its logo and began to work with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). [10]
He became Assistant Sports Information Director under Buddy Davidson on July 1, 1980, and when Davidson relinquished in 1981, Housel was named sports information director. In April 1994 Housel was named athletic director, a position held until January 2005. Today, he is regarded as the unofficial historian of Auburn University.
The following is a list of NCAA Division I universities in the United States (listed alphabetically by their schools' athletic brand name) and their current athletic director. This list only includes schools playing Division I football or men's basketball. Schools are alphabetized by commonly used short name, regardless of their official name.
Moore earned a degree in business education in 1963. [3] After Moore graduated, he became the University of Tampa's sports information director. He hosted a country music radio show on WYOU, was a sports reporter for WTVT, and a ring announcer for Championship Wrestling from Florida. [3]
Hermann graduated from John Carroll University with a bachelor's degree in 1982, and Kent State University with a master's degree in 1984. He started his athletics career as the sports information director at Wright State University and as assistant commissioner in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now Horizon League) office.
Careers in the entertainment industry that involve sports communication include the following: blogger, media relations expert, event planner, producer, and director. [ 21 ] Some of the best opportunities in sport communication involve behind-the-scenes occupations, many of which exist in the production and operations sides of the industry.
Horwitz worked as a sports information director at New York University from late 1969 to 1972. [1] [14]He was also a sportswriter for the Herald News of Passaic, New Jersey, where Horwitz covered high school sports and the New York Jets for three years, beginning in the fall of 1969.