Richard Wanninger
Senior Associate Commissioner - Patriot League
- Role
- Senior Associate Commissioner at Patriot League
- Location
- Bethlehem, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Senior Associate Commissioner
Jan 2005 — Present · Bethlehem, PA, US
Entering his 20th year with the Patriot League, Wanninger was elevated to Senior Associate Commissioner for External Relations in August 2012. He joined the League in August 2005 as an Assistant Executive Director and was promoted to Associate Executive Director for External Relations in the summer of 2006. He is responsible for the oversight of the Patriot League Men\'s Basketball and Lacrosse Championships, as well as the League\'s television and digital packages, marketing and sponsorship initiatives, and the overall promotion of the League. He serves as the general manager of the League\'s live event digital efforts (ESPN+), and is the League\'s main contact with CBS Sports Network and JMI Sports. Wanninger works with the football, men\'s basketball and lacrosse officiating programs, various sport scheduling strategies and other League initiatives. He interacts with each institution\'s athletic administration, including serving as the primary contact with sports medicine, multi-media, ticketing, development, athletic equipment and institutional public relations staff.Wanninger directed the League\'s 25th anniversary as an all-sport conference during the 2015-16 academic year. He also spearheaded the League\'s 25th-anniversary celebration for the sport of football during the 2011-12 academic year after the League\'s 20th-anniversary celebration as an all-sport conference in 2010-11. In addition, Wanninger played an instrumental role in the League\'s expansion with the addition of Boston University and Loyola University Maryland as League members. During his first two years, he was the Director of each of the Patriot League\'s 18 championships. He was also responsible for the Patriot League receiving NCAA Women\'s Basketball Grants for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 campaigns.
Education
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Masters, Public Administration
2001 — 2004
Arizona State University
BS, Journalism
1979 — 1984
Skills
- Journalism
- Event Management
- Crisis Communications
- Press Releases
- Broadcast
- Strategic Communications
- Advertising
- Sports
- Higher Education
- Athletics
- Marketing Communications
- Public Relations
- Media Relations
- Nonprofits
- Sponsorship
- Event Planning
- Non-Profits
- Sports Management
- Teaching
- Editing
- Publicity
- Social Networking
- Social Media Marketing
- Publications
- Volunteer Management
- Marketing
- Public Speaking
- Social Media
- Sports Marketing
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