Scott Dunford was hired as the Interim Director of Sports Information and Promotions for Berry College, Athletic Director Todd Brooks announced on Tuesday. Dunford replaces Mickey Seward who left to pursue other opportunities with the Rome Chamber of Commerce.
We are excited to have Scott join our staff, said Athletic Director Todd Brooks. Although he is relatively young in the profession of sports information and promotions, he has already gained some significant experience. Experience which, along with his enthusiasm for this line of work, will serve Berry College well.
Dunford has spent the last two years working in the sports information field. He comes to Berry after serving for one month as the Assistant Sports Information Director at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C. There he was the primary contact for both mens and womens soccer and was also a key assistant with the football team. He assisted in certain aspects of all four fall sports at PC.
During the 2005-06 academic year, Dunford served as the Athletics Media Relation Assistant at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C. There he served as the primary contact for six of the Fighting Camels NCAA Division I programs, including womens soccer, wrestling, swimming, cross country and baseball. He also served as the host SID for the Atlantic Sun Conference Cross Country Championship Meet. In addition to his primary duties, Dunford also assisted in part with media relations for all the schools athletic teams.
Prior to working at Campbell, Dunford was a volunteer member of the sports information staff at the Georgia Institute of Technology. There he assisted in several aspects of the Yellow Jacket program including basketball, baseball, softball, tennis and track. He assisted with the Buzz Classic softball tournament and was the primary game-day media contact for two Georgia Tech track meets. He was also the public address announcer for the 2005 Atlanta Tennis Regional.
Dunford has also served on hand at several NCAA events. He was an assistant at the Charlotte, N.C. pod during the 2005 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament and at the 2005 Womens Tennis Championships hosted in Athens, Ga. Last December he also served as a media assistant for the 2005 NCAA Mens Soccer Championships in Cary, N.C.
A 2004 graduate from Berry College, Dunford holds a B.A. degree in Communication, with concentrations in both electronic media and journalism. While at Berry he worked as a student intern with former Director of Sports Information and Promotions, Mickey Seward.
I am very excited to return to my alma mater in this capacity, said Dunford. Berry is a great place to live and work and I consider myself fortunate to have the opportunity to do both through this position.
Dunford will serve as the interim director for the 2006-07 academic year, until such time as a full search for a Director of Sports Information and Promotions can be launched.