Brian Ogden
Director of Athletics Communications at Mississippi State University
- Role
- Director of Athletics Communications at Mississippi State University
- Location
- Starkville, MS, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Ogden
Award-winning athletics communications professional with experience covering and promoting SEC, national and world champion student-athletes. Currently covering Mississippi State softball and soccer while overseeing the communications student intern program, website design and Olympic Games coverage. Previous teams at Mississippi State include football, track and field, women\'s basketball and men\'s golf. Two-time graduate of The University of Alabama and previous athletics communications student assistant working primarily with men\'s basketball, soccer and softball.
Experience
Director of Athletics Communications
Jul 2025 — Present · Starkville, MS, US
Serve as primary contact for the softball and soccer teams• Write press releases, features and game notes • Foster relationships with key national media to earn increased student-athlete recognition• Manage softball and soccer program’s social media accounts including covering all games• Promoted MSU’s first Super Regional berth and led hosting efforts in Starkville• Oversaw design and launch of new HailState.com• Take primary responsibility for MSU’s website design and strategy for HailState.com• Handle all football credential approvals• Reorganized student intern program to change payment structure and improve developmental path while teaching an optional advanced class• Oversaw student primary contact for men’s golf• Lead Olympic Games and World Championships coverage, partnering with the USOPC\'s Olympians Made Here team• Led graduation content campaigns for all sports• Manage department technology inventory
Education
The University of Alabama
Master’s Degree, Sport Management
2016 — 2017
The University of Alabama
Bachelor’s Degree, Journalism
2014 — 2016
Grapevine Faith Christian School
High School
2010 — 2014
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Brochures
- Baseball
- Sports Writing
- Desktop Publishing
- Feature Articles
- Photography
- News Writing
- Indesign
- Editing
- Social Media
- Digital Journalism
- Sports Information
- Video Editing
- Sports Photography
- Ap Style
- Journalism
- Microsoft Office
- News Photography
- Photoshop
- Stat Crew Software
- Broadcast Journalism
- Newspaper Design
- Layout
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