Will Roleson was promoted to Associate Executive Director of College Sports Communicators in January 2017 following 5 ½ years as Director of Internal Operations. His primary responsibilities are convention management and financial operations with added additional duties with staff management and corporate partner outreach. During his tenure on staff, he has launched the Membership Appreciation Week, Convention Attendance Grant and National Champion Communicators programs.
Roleson served as Interim Executive Director of College Sports Communicators from August 2024-March 2025, In that role, he provided strategic leadership for the association, coordinated corporate partnership sales, managed the full-time staff and was the primary liaison with the executive board of directors.
Roleson joined CSC following six years with the Horizon League office in Indianapolis, lastly as Associate Commissioner for Communications and Multimedia. At the HL, he started the first conference-wide video-streaming platform in 2005 – the Horizon League Network – while overseeing the communications team, serving as liaison to the League’s media partners and coordinating scheduling for men’s and women’s basketball. He was the local media coordinator for the NCAA Women's Final Four in 2005 and the Men's Final Four in 2006 and 2010. In addition, he was an at-large representative on the CoSIDA Board of Directors from 2006-09.
Previously, Roleson was sports information director at Kent State University from 1999-2004 after three years as assistant SID. In 2002, he was the media contact for KSU’s men’s basketball team that advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Among the student-athletes he promoted were future pro standouts Antonio Gates, James Harrison and Josh Cribbs. He also served as assistant editor at Host Communications Publishing in Lexington, Ky., from 1994-96 and sports information intern at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1993-94.
A native of Brookville, Indiana, he graduated cum laude from Miami University in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and earned an MBA from the University of Southern Indiana in 2023. He and his wife, the former Cristy Steele, reside in Greenwood, Indiana, and have three adult sons, Noah, Jonah and Elijah.