Rob Knox, the Sports Information Director at Coppin State University, will be one of eight individuals inducted into the Lincoln Lions Athletic Hall of Fame 2015 class, with induction taking place Saturday, September 18 at the NCAA Division II school in Lincoln University, Pa.
Knox, a 1996 graduate of Lincoln, is being inducted as an administrator for the role he played at the school while serving as sports information director. This is the third class to be inducted into the hall of fame which has 24 members who have made significant contributions to Lincoln University and enhanced its image and reputation.
From the Hall of Fame release:
Rob Knox (1996)– Sports Information Director
Rob Knox served as Lincoln's Sports Information Director from 2004-09. His hard work and love for the profession resulted in the success of promoting student athletes at Lincoln. Five Lions were featured in
Sports Illustrated magazines under his watch. One student-athlete was named a finalist for the prestigious 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year Award and another was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All- America® third team. Knox helped Lincoln with its transition from Division III to Division II and played a key role in the Lincoln football team being featured on NFL Films Presents in 2008.
The Hall of Fame release, courtesy of Lincoln University Athletics, can be seen in full
HERE.
Knox is a former CoSIDA Board of Directors member and recipient of the 2011 CoSIDA Rising Star Award for the college division. Knox also is a past president of the Black College Sports Information Directors’ Association (BC-SIDA). In May of 2014, he represented
CoSIDA as he was invited to speak at the NCAA Division III Institute for Administrative Advancement in Atlanta.
At the Institute, Knox conducted a one-hour discussion and Q&A session on "Personal Branding and Effective Communication" on May 20.
In his second year as Coppin State SID, Knox has over 16 years of experience in athletic communications, TV and newspaper communications work to his position.
Before arriving at Coppin State, Knox worked for two years at ESPN's Bristol, Connecticut Statistics & Analysis department. Among his day to day duties were planning and overseeing nightly production, editing content targeted for studio television, traditional digital and mobile audiences as well as ensuring the integrity of data being processed by the Stats & Analysis group. He assisted with the Stats and Analysis’ college basketball coverage, data-tracking for the 2012 and 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Prior to working at ESPN, Knox served at Lincoln University for five years and then for two years at Kutztown University. Before that, he was a full-time sports reporter for the Delaware County Daily Times for five years.
He helped Lincoln with its transition from Division III to Division II by assisting campus administrators on communications matters. He also promoted the 2006 Division III Men's Basketball Playerof the Year (Kyle Myrick), a 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year Award finalist (Ashley Parker), and had student-athletes featured in Sports Illustrated and on the ESPN "NFL Films Presents" series. At Kutztown, Knox successful promoted men’s basketball athlete Stephen Dennis who earned Division II Player of the Year honors.
Knox’s other individual awards included receiving two CoSIDA Fred Stabley, Jr. Writing Contest awards and being the 2008 recipient of the “Raising the Bar” award from Lincoln’s VP for Student Affairs.
Knox earned a bachelor’s of science degree in journalism from Lincoln. He is married to Trudell Knox and they are the parents of a 4-year old son, Robert, IV (‘RJ”).