CoSIDA Board Terms and Rotation for 2010-11 Academic Year and Beyond (PDF)
The members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) have chosen a new set of officers and Board of Director members to serve the professional athletic communications ssociation for the 2010-11 academic year and beyond.
Larry Dougherty, Temple University Associate Athletics Director/Athletic Communications, will serve as the 55th President of CoSIDA for a one-year term in 2010-11. Dougherty was CoSIDA's first Vice President during 2009-10 and coordinated the highly-successful and popular 2010 CoSIDA San Francisco Convention workshop program.
Dougherty just completed his seventh year at Temple and his third year on the CoSIDA Board. He replaces
Justin Doherty (University of Wisconsin) who served as 2009-10 CoSIDA President.
The new officers and Board members for the 2,500-plus member organization were announced on July 7 during the 2010 CoSIDA Convention business meeting. The Convention took place at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.
The following were selected as new CoSIDA officers:
2nd Vice President Joe Hornstein, University of Central Florida Associate Director of Athletics/Public Relations and Communications who represents the Southeast region; and
3rd Vice President Shelly Poe, Ohio State University Director of Athletics Communications from the Central region.
Poe and Hornstein join First Vice-President
Tom DiCamillo (Pac West Conference Assistant Commissioner of Media Relations) who has been in the presidential rotation and represents the West Region.
In addition to the officers, the following will serve terms of three years on the CoSIDA Board of Directors. Elected to At-Large positions were
Ed Hill of Howard University and
Kent Brown of the University of Illinois. Representing the College Division are
Chris Day of Adams State (West region) and
Bob Lowe (Greenboro College), Southeast Region. All these terms run through 2013.
"It is a tremendous honor to lead CoSIDA, especially at a time of great change in our industry," Dougherty said. "I hope to follow in the steps of the quality men and women who have held the position and to continue the forward momentum of our organization and profession."
Dougherty, who also received the CoSIDA 25-year service award at the convention, becomes just the second athletic communications professional from a Philadelphia area school to hold the office of CoSIDA President. Doughtery joins legendary Penn SID C. Robert Paul, who was the second CoSIDA President, serving during 1956-57.
His father, Andy Dougherty, served as the SID at Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia from 1972-81, and is a member of the university's hall of fame.
At Temple, Dougherty oversees the athletic communications and publications of the institution's
24-sport NCAA Division I program. He joined the Owls' staff after a 15 year stint in the media relations office at Saint Joseph's University, the last eight as the school's assistant athletic director for media relations.
The slate of 2010-11 candidates were nominated by the membership during the spring semester and were selected by the CoSIDA Nominating Committee, comprised of the organization's past presidents and out-going Board of Director members. That Committee was chaired by
Doug Dull, Associate Athletics Director/Media Relations at the University of Maryland, 2009-10 CoSIDA third Past President.
The current CoSIDA Past Presidents serving on the 2010-11 Board are
Wisconsin's Justin Doherty (serving through 2013),
Nick Joos of Baylor (through 2012) and
Charles Bloom of the SEC (through 2011).
Those currently serving on the Board of Directors are:
Joe Browning (
UNC -WIlmington, at-large);
John Paquette (
Big East Conference, at-large rep); and College Division representatives
Anne Abicht (St. Cloud State), Geoff Hassard (SUNY Oneonta), Rob Knox (Kutztown) and Dave Wrath (Augustana).
Dave Wohlhueter (Cornell, retired) continues to serve in his role as CoSIDA Treasurer while
Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) continues as Secretary/Digest Editor. Ex-Officio members are
CoSIDA Executive Director John Humenik and
Director of External Affairs Barb Kowal.