Listed below are job transactions in the last month involving CoSIDA members.
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CoSIDA Board Members/Officers/Staff Members
Justin Doherty, who serves as CoSIDA President for 2009-10, was promoted to University of Wisconsin assistant AD for external relations … Doherty formerly was assistant AD for communications… in his new role, Doherty oversees athletic communications, marketing, the ticket office, web and video services
... Ed Carpenter, CoSIDA’s first Marketing Director and award-winning former SID, retired from his marketing position with the organization… Carpenter, a 1996 CoSIDA Hall of Famer, spent 29 years at Boston University, retiring as Assistant AD for Communications in 2006.
Barb Kowal, who this past June was named the College Sports Information Directors of America’s first communications director, has been elevated to director of external affairs…
Rob Knox, a College Division rep on the Board, changed positions this summer … Knox was selected SID for Kutztown University, previously serving as Assistant AD for Sports Information at Lincoln (Pa.) University.
Also Around The Profession
Guy Harrison, previously Eckerd College school’s sports information director, has been promoted to assistant AD for external relations at the school …
Brian Lucas, in his 11th year with the University of Wisconsin, selected director of athletic communications … Lucas takes over for Justin Doherty, recently promoted to Assistant AD/External Relations… Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s
Harry Stinson III, SIAC Director of Championships, Communications and Marketing, resigned to pursue new opportunities.
Six more selected to head their respective SID offices … Eureka College named
Bryan Moore, former Bradley sports information intern, the SID …
Brian Kortz, former Barry University assistant SID, takes over as SID at Lincoln University ... College of New Jersey named
Mark Gola director of athletic communications …
Kellen Coleman, formerly at Kansas, named director of communications for the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association … Gallaudet hired
Sam Atkinson as sports information director, while new SID at State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime is
Joe Guster, former graduate assistant at St. John's (NY).
Central Florida hired
John Denton, former Florida Today journalist and ESPN.com contributor, as athletic communications writer and website contributor … Butler University selected
Josh Rattray, formerly of the Horizon League, as assistant SID, as former assistant SID
Chris Urban resigned to return to graduate school… Other new Assistant SID’s include
Jeff Kallin (Clemson) and
Dan Lauletta (Juniata).
Northwestern University made three announcements, with
Rob Coons named Director of New Media/Big Ten Network Liaison, former Sports Illustrated and Chicago Tribune scribe
Skip Myslenski a contributing writer for NUsports.com and the football game day magazine, and promoted
Scott Hammer to assistant director of athletic communications from his former internship position.
Delta State University tabbed Oliver Mansour, a 2009 Delta State University graduate, athletic communications marketing coordinator … Joe Waters named publicist for the State University of New York Athletic Conference … John Higgins selected sports information assistant at Iona College while the Atlantic Sun Conference selected two communications assistants in Jeff Symonds, formerly at Miami (Ohio), and Lauren Dale, a 2009 Denver graduate.
New assistant athletic communications director at Boston University is Jeffrey Selesnick, former Cleveland Browns PR intern … Merrimack hired Will Rothermel as assistant SID … Jay Hinton, a 14-year sports writer for the Salt Lake City Deseret News, named Utah Valley assistant SID … Holy Cross College named Meredith Cook assistant director of athletic media relations.
Jimmy Johnson, former Kutztown (Pa.) University sports information graduate assistant, becomes Patriot League media and external relations assistant … Army selected Dallas Miller athletic communications assistant ... Millsaps College named Scott Slarks sports information assistant while Whitney Tarpy assumes the same role at Evansville University.
Others entering new athletic media relations/sports information internships for 2009-10 are Greg Driscoll (Rhode Island College); Rose DiPaula and Justin Moore (University of Maryland); Carlie Boese (North Carolina-Pembroke); Paige Mullin (Hamilton College); Meagan Azpiazu (Florida International); Bob Healy (Loyola University Chicago); Corey Weibel (Alaska-Fairbanks), Russell Luna (Western Carolina); Bob Reagan (Vermont); and Kevin Rodriguez (Southland Conference) ... Nich Hall selected University of Vermont intern for new media and video production.
Graduate assistants for 2009-10 include Matt Berson (University of California Santa Barbara), Tommy Schield (Conference USA), Jimmy Smith, III (Delta State) and Alan Wiederhold (Delta State), Shawn Davis (Missouri), Dana Ingraham (Southern Illinois University) and Jenna Marina (Florida International).