Mike Ballweg, assistant commissioner for public relations, joined the conference staff in August, 2006.
Ballweg is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Southern Conferences media relations area. He is responsible for overseeing the league public relations initiatives with emphasis on football, mens basketball and football.
A native of Blacksburg, Va., Ballweg is a 1975 graduate of Virginia Tech where he earned a degree in business administration.
During his undergraduate college days, he worked as an intern in the sports information office at Virginia Tech under Mr. Wendy Weisend (now a member of the College Sports Information Directors Hall of Fame). He served as the assistant athletic director and sports information director at Hampton (Va.) University (1975-81); director of sports media relations at Ohio University (1981-83); sports information director at West Virginia University (1983-84) and Virginia Commonwealth University (1984-92). He spent two years as the assistant executive director at the Blockbuster and Raycom in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (1992-94) before spending 11 years as assistant athletics director at the University of Rhode Island.
Ballweg is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Site Selection committee and has served as the national chair of the CoSIDA Publications Committee. He has won a total of 38 CoSIDA citations for excellence.
Ballweg and his wife, Shari, reside in Spartanburg. A native of Sarasota, Fla., she is lead trainer for Citizens Bank.