Jamie Joss has been selected College Sports Information Directors of America Director of Online Services replacing Maxey Parrish, who served in the role the past six years. Joss comes to CoSIDA after four years as Director of Athletic Communications at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
"Jamie will bring outstanding new ideas to CoSIDA.com and is as committed as our Board toward making our web site a valuable resource for our membership," said Dull, who is also the associate athletics director at the University of Maryland.
"The entire CoSIDA Board of Directors and membership owes Maxey Parrish a great thank you for his hard work and dedication both to the web site and to our organization," Dull said. "His ongoing commitment to the organization has helped lend a great deal of class and honor to the profession."
In addition to his new role at CoSIDA, Joss recently accepted a position with Internet Consulting Services, Inc. as Director of Sales and Training. ICS is the official web site provider of CoSIDA and services over 60 college and university athletic clients around the nation at the NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA levels.
"I want to thank President Doug Dull and the rest of the CoSIDA Board for this tremendous opportunity," Joss said. "I hope to maintain the same high level of work and passion Maxey has had serving the organization, as well as bring some new ideas to enhance the web site."
At Embry-Riddle, the 37-year-old Ontario, N.Y., native oversaw all publicity and public/media relations for the Eagles 15 NAIA sports and served as main contact for mens basketball, men's and women's golf, and volleyball.
Joss and his ERAU staff captured the prestigious NAIA-SIDA Gary Spitler Award for Excellence in Publications the past three years. During his tenure, he earned five NAIA Best in the Nation awards for his mens basketball, golf and volleyball media guides. He has also earned CoSIDA Best in the Nation honors for his volleyball (2004 & 2005), golf (2005) and mens basketball (2006) guides. In 2005, he secured top cover honors for his mens basketball and golf designs. Joss has captured 11 other top three finishes in NAIA and CoSIDA publication contests and was recognized as the Florida Sun Conference Male Administrator of the Year in 2005 for his work as conference sports information director.
Joss is completing his 15th year in the sports information profession having served as sports information director at Rochester Institute of Technology from 2001-03, associate director of athletic communications at Colgate University (1999-01) under College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame SID Bob Cornell, sports information director at High Point University (1999), SID and marketing director at Lake Superior State University (1998), assistant director of athletics for sports information and facilities at St. Andrews (1996-99), and began his career as an intern at Winthrop University from 1992-94. The 1991 Bowling Green State University graduate is currently completing his master's degree in Sport Management from the United States Sports Academy.
His web experience includes the design and development of athletic web sites at Embry-Riddle, the Florida Sun Conference, RIT, Rochester Area Collegiate Athletics, Colgate, High Point, Lake Superior State and St. Andrews College.
A member of CoSIDA and NAIA-SIDA, Joss is in his second year of a two-year term on the NAIA-SIDA Executive Board. He previously served and helped organize the 2002 CoSIDA Convention held in Rochester, N.Y., as well as served on the CoSIDA Technology Committee from 2000-2005, serving as chair from 2002-04.
Joss and his wife Jodi reside in Port Orange, Fla. with their two great danes Kramer (4) and Newman (3). They are expecting their first child in March.
Submissions to the CoSIDA web site can be emailed to Joss at cosida@gmail.com