SWAC tabs new Media Relations Director

BIRMINGHAM, AL -- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has named Wallace Dooley, Jr. as its new Media Relations Director. Dooley replaces Lonza Hardy, Jr. who left the conference office to become Director of Athletics at Missisippi Valley State.

Wallace Dooley

Dooley, a native of Nashville, Tennessee and graduate of Tennessee State University, brings over twenty-three years experience in the fields of collegiate sports information and athletic media relations to the SWAC office. He has most recently served as the sports information coordinator at Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN), while heading his own athletic media relations and event management company, CMC Enterprises, LP.

In 1978, he became Alabama A&M University's first full-time sports information director. He was twice named the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Sports Information Director of the Year in 1987 while working as SID at Virginia State University and again in 1989 for his work at North Carolina Central University. Dooley also served as the Public Relations Director of the, then 14-school, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1990-1994).

Among his various work experiences, Dooley has worked with the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as a Venue Press Chief (Media Transportation Mall), Major League Baseball (RBI World Series), NCAA Division II Elite Eight Championships (Statistical Website), Arena Football League (Nashville Kats) and the NFL (Tennessee Titans).

Dooley is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and a founding member of the Black College Sports Information Directors Association (BCSIDA).

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