Hernandez Takes UTSA Associate SID Post
The University of Texas at San Antonio athletic department announced Wednesday the hiring of Brian Hernandez as associate sports information director.
Hernandez will serve as the primary media relations contact for the Roadrunners baseball, tennis and volleyball teams and as the editor of the schools official athletics Web site, www.goUTSA.com.
He has more than five years of sports information experience, with stops at the University of Texas-Austin (2000-2003), California State University-Fresno (2000) and Kansas State University (1998-1999). Prior to his arrival at UTSA, Hernandez spent the previous three years managing a private business in Kansas City, Mo.
The 32-year-old native of Olathe, Kan., has worked multiple conference and NCAA Championship events in addition to four bowl games. He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and several of his publications have been honored for excellence by CoSIDA, including the 2000 Fresno State baseball game program, which was tabbed Best In The Nation.
Hernandez began his tenure at UT-Austin in June 2000 as a media relations assistant. In that role, he was the primary contact for the Longhorns mens track & field team and secondary contact for UTs nationally-ranked football program. He also served as the assistant media director for the 74th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. A year later, he was promoted to assistant media relations director and was instrumental in the departments launch of www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com in August 2001.
He arrived in Austin after serving as a media relations assistant at Fresno State in spring 2000. Hernandez coordinated the day-to-day publicity of the Bulldogs nationally-ranked baseball and womens soccer squads. He also was the media director for the 22nd annual Pepsi/Johnny Quik Baseball Classic.
At Kansas State, Hernandez was responsible for the publicity of Wildcats rowing team and also assisted with media relations for all home football, basketball and baseball games. He earned his bachelors degree in print journalism with an emphasis in business administration from K-State in December 1999.