University of Houston Athletics
UH Athletics Announces External Operations Restructure
7/9/2014 12:00:00 AM | General
July 9, 2014
HOUSTON - University of Houston Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades announced Wednesday a restructure of the Houston Athletics External Operations. Jeramiah Dickey, who is entering his fifth year with UH, has been promoted to senior associate athletics director for external operations and will oversee the external arm of Houston Athletics.
Dickey's oversight includes Cougar Pride, the fundraising arm of Houston Athletics, Ticket Sales, Strategic Marking and Communications, Graphic Design, Video Operations and Houston Athletics' relationship with IMG, the multimedia rights partner for UH Athletics.
"With the restructure of our external department, our team will work much more closely and cohesively with individual pod systems encompassing each department set up for each of our sports," said Dickey. "We will be strategic in every external decision that is made with a goal of increasing revenue that will ultimately affect our student-athlete experience in a positive fashion, both by providing larger budgets for our sport programs and boosting attendance in the stands while our student-athletes achieve their highest aspirations."
In addition to Dickey's promotion, David Bassity, who is entering his third year with UH has been promoted to associate athletics director for strategic marketing and communications. Bassity will oversee the Strategic Marketing and Communications, Graphic Design and Video departments.
Heading the Strategic Marketing department will be Ian Sadler who begins his tenure as Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Marketing on Monday, July 14. A native of Emporia, Kan., Sadler has spent the past two years in the University of Kansas Marketing and Fan Experience Department after two seasons with IMG College's Razorback Sports Properties at the University of Arkansas.
Sadler, who is a Strategic Communications Board member for the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), also served as the Vice President for the Kansas Athletics Staff Advisory Board.
In the Cougar Pride office, Brian Crawford, who is in his third year with UH, has been promoted to assistant athletics director for development and John Noud has been elevated to director of development.
The development arm of Houston Athletics has also added Katie King as assistant director of development and Anthony Hulse as development assistant. King joins the Houston staff from the University of Tennessee where she spent 2013-14 as a development assistant. An El Paso native, Hulse earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Houston in 2012 and his master's degree in 2014.
Recently joining the Houston Athletics Strategic Marketing staff as assistant director, Kayla Bosco comes to Houston after one year as a marketing assistant at the University of Memphis and three years in the Kansas State Athletics Department. Bosco will work directly with Houston Volleyball and Baseball while also focusing on social media efforts for the department and Shasta Kid's Club.
Sam Colin has also joined the marketing department as a marketing assistant after one year as a student intern for the department. Colin, a spring graduate of UH, will work directly with Houston Soccer and Track and Field.
In the communications department, Allison McClain has been promoted to Associate Director of Communications and will serve as a secondary contact with the Houston Football program in addition to serving as the contact for UH Baseball.
Jessika Bailey has been promoted to assistant director of communications after serving one year as a communications assistant. Bailey will continue to work with Houston Volleyball while taking on communications duties for UH Softball and Swimming and Diving.
Former student intern Roman Petrowski will replace Bailey as the communications assistant, working directly with Houston Soccer and Track and Field. Petrowski first joined the communications department as a student assistant in 2011.
Houston announced the addition of its Ticket Sales department on Monday. The full announcement can be found here.
2014 FOOTBALL SEASON TICKETS
Houston fans can guarantee a place in history by purchasing season tickets for the first season in the new Houston Football Stadium. Season tickets are currently on sale starting at just $140 as are Memorial Hermann Family Plan four-pack season tickets, two adult and two youth, for just $299. Lower-level reserved season tickets start at just $200.
University of Houston alumni from the last five years (2010-14) can purchase season tickets for just $125 (upper levels) and $175 (lower level) in specially designated Young Alumni sections with a multiplier of four times donations to Cougar Pride giving levels for the first five years after graduation.
Houston opens the 2014 season at 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 29, when it hosts UTSA in the first game in the Houston Football Stadium.
GROUP TICKET INFORMATION
Single-game group ticket sales for the inaugural season in the Houston Football Stadium are now on sale via the Houston Athletics Ticket Office. Groups of at least 10 or more can purchase tickets starting at just $21 per person to any of Houston's seven home games, including 2014 Fiesta Bowl champion UCF, by calling the Houston Athletics Ticket Office at 713-GO-COOGS or by clicking here.
