Chuck Sadowski has been named Associate Commissioner for Media Relations and Director of Championships for the East Cost Conference. Chuck comes to the conference after serving as the Director of Athletic Media Relations at the University of New Haven from January 2004 to June of 2006.
Said Commissioner Edward J. Manetta, We are happy that a dedicated athletic media relations professional like Chuck has joined us here at the East Coast Conference. His experience in the profession plus many media contacts all over the nation will benefit our membership. I look forward to the positive contributions he will make representing our league."
A veteran of over 20 years in the sports information profession, along with his time at New Haven, Sadowski has served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information and Events at Austin College in Sherman, Texas since August of 1996. He also served as the Director of Sports Information and Scheduling Coordinator at the University of Redlands from December of 1992 through August of 1996 and as the Director of Sports Information at the University of Chicago from February 1987 to December of 1992. Chuck began his career in athletic media relations as the Graduate Assistant SID at New York University in 1985.
An active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Sadowski just completed a three-year term as an At-Large College Division member of the organization's Board of Directors. He also is currently a vice chair of the organization's Committee on Committees along with his new position on the Board of Directors. He has also worked on CoSIDA's Writing Contest and Charity committees.
Chuck has worked in press services at many large events including serving as the Mixed Zone Manager for baseball at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, working at the track cycling and boxing venues at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York City, working at the 2000 USA Olympic Track Cycling Trials in Frisco, Texas. He has also helped staff the 1997 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship plus several NCAA men's and women's basketball regionals.
Sadowski assisted the Chicago White Sox in press services at the 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and worked as a statistician and official scorer for the Texas Rangers Class AA affiliate, the Frisco RoughRiders in 2003. He also was the official scorer for the Class A San Bernardino Spirit in 1993.
A 1984 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in French with a concentration in European Studies, Chuck also received a Master's Degree in French Studies in 1987 from New York University.
I am excited about joining the staff of the East Coast Conference, said Sadowski. I look forward to this new phase of my career and continuing many of the relationships that I have been able to build with administrators, coaches and student-athletes across the entire conference while I was at the University of New Haven.