College Sports Information Directors of America

ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The appointment of Greg Chandler as publicist/statistician of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) has been announced by Commissioner David Neilson. Chandler succeeds Tom Renner who is concluding his service to the conference as publicist/statistician after 42 years in that capacity. Chandler will begin on July 1.

Neilson further announced that Renner, who is associate vice president for public and community relations at member institution Hope College, will continue to serve the conference as MIAA historian. He will be responsible for the MIAA's archives and will take the lead in preparing the MIAA for its celebration as American's oldest collegiate conference in 2011-12.

"Tom's contributions to the student athletes of the MIAA over the last 42 years have been immeasurable and I'm pleased that Tom has agreed to continue in a new role for a while longer. Tom's strong working relationship with our new MIAA publicist, Greg Chandler, plus the depth of experience among our fellow MIAA SIDs, will be helpful to Greg as he steps into the role Tom has performed so well."

A native of Detroit, Chandler has worked in the print and broadcast media for more than 20 years. He has been a freelance news correspondent with the Grand Rapids Press since 1998, and also contributes to various other publications. He has broadcast college and high school football and basketball games and professional basketball games on WHTC-AM in Holland.

Prior to joining the Press, Chandler was sports editor at the Holland Sentinel from 1996-1998, and was news director at WHTC from 1988-1996. He has also worked at the former WMAX-AM in Grand Rapids and WMUB-FM in Oxford, Ohio. Chandler also has been a Great Lakes regional reporter for two Web sites devoted to NCAA Division III sports, d3football.com and d3hoops.com.

Chandler, 44, holds a bachelor's degree in broadcast and cinematic arts from Central Michigan University, a master of science degree in mass communication from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a master of business administration degree from Grand Valley State University. Chandler lives in Holland with his wife, Leanne, and daughters, Lindsay and Megan.