Staff Directory
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- Assistant Athletics Director for Cougar Productions
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Jon McAfoos is entering his third year with the University of Houston Athletics Department in 2025-26, where he serves as the Assistant AD for Cougar Productions, overseeing all aspects of broadcast production. In his first two year with UH, Cougar Productions has produced over 200 ESPN+ events and seen growth in total viewers and total minutes watched, while placing an emphasis on hiring and training media production students.
Prior to joining the Cougars, McAfoos spent eight years on the Samford University Athletics staff, beginning as the Director of Digital Media and ending as the Assistant AD for Marketing, Strategic Communications, and Broadcast Services, where he oversaw all aspects of fan engagement, broadcasting, creative content, social media, and communications.
During his eight years with the Bulldogs, McAfoos helped to increase the focus on television production, building a broadcast control room in the Pete Hanna Center that contains two full-scale production units for simultaneous ESPN shows. Upon completion of the control rooms, Samford produced an average of 120 ESPN productions annually, including shows for every women’s soccer, volleyball, football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and softball home game, as well as select track meets and men’s and women’s tennis matches.
In addition to live events, McAfoos produced the Chris Hatcher Show each fall, and also produced and hosted Inside Athletics, a show featuring Samford Athletics coaches and administration, and well as the Student-Athlete Spotlight series, featuring Bulldog student-athletes.
Prior to joining Samford, McAfoos worked two seasons in Minor League Baseball, serving as a Production Assistant with the Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox Double-A) and Quad Cities River Bandits (Houston Astros Single-A). Other live production and broadcasting work includes events with ESPN, MLB, NCAA March Madness, Down in Front Productions, UAB, Troy, Georgia State, and Jacksonville State, as well as the USFL, SEC, Conference USA, SoCon, Southland, WAC, Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham Squadron (NBA G-League), Birmingham Bulls (SPHL), Birmingham Legion FC (USL), and Birmingham Iron (AAF).
A native of Warren, Pennsylvania, McAfoos earned a BA in Broadcast Communications from Westminster (Pa.) College in 2011, where he worked extensively with the campus radio and cable stations both in front of the camera and behind it.
