Dave Kellogg to enter CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Currently serving the Academy’s athletics department as director of the Athletic Hall of Fame/Hall of Excellence and webmaster of the school’s athletics website, Dave Kellogg will be recognized in July for his outstanding contributions to the athletic PR profession.
by Bill Little, University of Texas
AUSTIN, Tex. - Piloting the media relations office of the United States Air Force Academy from the mid-1980s into the 21st Century, Dave Kellogg became one of the most recognized and respected sports information directors in the country.
That recognition and respect will culminate with induction into the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame on Tuesday, July 6, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, Calif. The ceremony will take place during the 2010 CoSIDA Hall of Fame Gala.
Kellogg, an active participant in CoSIDA Workshops for over 20 years, is one of two inductees to the CoSIDA Hall of Fame chosen by the Veterans Subcommittee of the CoSIDA Special Awards Committee.
Kellogg left his duties as the SID at the Air Force Academy in May of 2001 and currently is involved with the Academy’s athletics department as director of the Athletic Hall of Fame/Hall of Excellence, and webmaster of the school’s athletics website.
A 1973 graduate of the University of Arizona, Kellogg worked as a sports writer for the Tucson Daily Star and the Daily Citizen before becoming the sports information director at the University of Idaho in January of 1977.
Working basically as a one-man shop, he handled all of the duties of the sports information office for a 17-sport department. During that time, he was also responsible for bringing the innovative world of computers into the office.
In May of 1985, Kellogg replaced CoSIDA Hall of Famer and past president Hal Bateman as sports information director for the Air Force Falcons in Colorado Springs, a position he held for 16 years until moving to his current position.
At Air Force he worked as a civilian employee at one of the nation’s three major military academies. He served on the athletics department’s senior staff and was responsible for all news media relations, crisis communications, community relations, strategic communications planning and execution, branding and identity programs.
As the department’s historian, he chronicled the 50-year history of the nation’s youngest military academy in NCAA Division I. There, he also upgraded the computer services, as well as converting all of the records to computers or microfilm.
Kellogg also promoted Air Force football players for national awards, including Chad Hennings for the FWAA’s Outland Trophy and Dee Downs, who finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy race. He also introduced a new logo, giving the department a distinctive corporate identity that is in use today.
At CoSIDA, Kellogg was a publications award winner and an active committee member and workshop participant.