Courtesy of GSU Athletics
Grambling State University Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Trayvean Scott announced the addition of Brian Howard as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Communications.
Howard, who returns back to Grambling State University after two years at Florida A&M University, will also serve GSU in a dual role position as the Assistant Director in University Communications.
“We are extremely thrilled to have Brian Howard back at Grambling State,” Scott said. “He brings a lot of experience from his time previously here, as well as his time working at multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). He is a huge asset to the team we are assembling and we look forward to having him back at The G!”
Howard has spent the previous 10 years working at HBCUs with stops at Lincoln University (Pa.), the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) office, Alabama State, Grambling State and Florida A&M.
Prior to taking the sports information and media specialist position at Lincoln University, Howard spent a year as Sports Information Director at Young Harris College in Young Harris, Ga., and a year at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas.
Before taking over duties at LeTourneau University, Howard spent nearly two years covering Gulf South Conference action at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark. As Sports Information Director, he was in charge of 14 varsity sports. In his first season at Ouachita Baptist, Howard covered three NCAA Division II regional tournaments, including women’s soccer and men’s basketball in Tampa, Fla.
One of the biggest highlights came in the spring of 2008 when he was a part of the Ouachita Baptist baseball program, which won the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship and finished runner-up in the National Championships.
Before taking the job at Ouachita Baptist, Howard spent a year and a half covering Gulf South Conference action at the University of West Alabama. While in Livingston, Ala., and covering West Alabama, his duties included being a contact for various sports, primarily volleyball, women’s basketball and softball. Other duties included producing media guides, writing press releases, maintaining the athletic web site and being the public address announcer for home baseball and softball games.
Howard has been around sports his entire life, spending 15 years as a soccer player. After graduating in 1995 from Firestone High School in Akron, Ohio, Howard attended NCAA Division II Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. During his time at Ashland, Howard was named Outstanding Sophomore of the Year in Radio.
He remained very active in the radio and television department, where he served as a sports anchor for the campus television station, campus disc jockey, sports play-by-play and color commentator and sports producer. He worked in sports information during his senior year and was a sports writer for the collegiate newspaper. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sports Communications in the Spring of 2000.
While also in college, Howard became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Prior to graduation, Howard had internships at WEWS News Channel 5 in Cleveland, Ohio; 97.5 WONE Radio in Akron and the Akron Beacon Journal Newspaper.
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