Six-Member Hall of Fame Highlights CoSIDA's 2020 Special Award Honorees
Doug Hauschild – University of Dayton, Director of Athletics Communication
A Flyer for life.
Doug Hauschild has been a University of Dayton Flyer his entire life, serving his alma mater since his graduation in 1981. In his role as Director of Athletic Communications, he is the primary athletics communications contact for football and men's basketball and also serves as the chair of the Dayton Athletics Hall of Fame committee.
Hauschild started his career as the Flyers' head softball coach and still holds the school record for career winning percentage - yet he has made his mark by recording history instead of making it.
As a gameday host, Hauschild has helped raise the profile of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball "First Four," a series of tournament play-in games that began in 2011. Dayton has played host to those First Four games each year. Hauschild has served the media coordinator for 103 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament games at UD Arena since 1982. He also was part of a tournament hosting team at Dayton that made NCAA men's basketball history in March 2001 by hosting 10 postseason NCAA and NIT games in eight days the Flyers' arena, a feat never before done in college basketball.
Hauschild has been a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-America Committee since 1993. He was honored at the 2009 CoSIDA Convention as that year's Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award winner for his civic involvement and volunteerism in the community.
The CoSIDA Hall of Fame Class of 2020 was honored virtually during the 2021 Virtual Convention.
Watch the original awards show here.
Updated June, 2021