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Samford University Athletics

OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF SAMFORD UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

Staff Directory

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Samford University Athletics
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
Staff Directory Members By Category/Department
Name Title Email Address Phone
Administration
Martin Newton Vice President For Intercollegiate Athletics 205-726-2966
Michelle Durban Deputy Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Well-Being/SWA 205-726-4562
Corey Green Executive Associate AD for External Affairs 205-726-4917
JeNorri Armstead Senior Associate AD for Internal Affairs 205-726-4854
Christa Urban Administrative Assistant 205-726-2966
Academic Services
Alexis Gillespie Associate AD for Academics 205-726-2975
Ethan Swingle Sr. Director of Student-Athlete Academic Services 205-726-4183
M.E. Eberhardt Director of Student-Athlete Academic Services 205-726-4291
Aly Durban Academic Services Assistant
Business Office
Keith Deakle Associate AD for Business Operations 205-726-4877
Sara Clemmons Business Operations Coordinator 205-726-2920
Sandra Pickard Athletics Administrative Coordinator 205-726-4052
Christa Urban Administrative Assistant 205-726-2966
Compliance
Erika Layton Associate AD for Compliance 205-726-2131
Cameron Kosid Director of Compliance 205-726-4244
Development
Byron Franklin Associate AD for Development 205-726-4376
Doug Kovash Associate AD for Development 205-726-4204
Elisabeth Souders Director of Events and Hospitality 205-726-2100
Peter Ludwig Director of the Bulldog Club 205-726-4927
Whitaker Buchanan Donor Relations Coordinator 270-790-2552
Facilities, Operations And Equipment
James Carlson Assistant AD for Facilities and Equipment Services (Football/Track & Field) 205-726-2085
Andy Benson Assistant AD for Facilities and Equipment Services (Olympic Sports) 205-726-4609
Michael Musso Event Operations Coordinator
Marketing and Communications
Rylee Battersby Assistant AD for Marketing, Communications and Sponsorship 205-726-4718
Brad Seitz Director of Strategic Communications (MBB, FB, SB) 205-726-4350
Joey Mullins Strategic Communications (SOC, BSB, XC/T&F, GLF)) 205-726-2799
Edie Anthony Director of Broadcast 205-726-2052
Jackson Gibree Director of Marketing/Campus and Community Engagement and Fan Experience
Ethan Lowe Director of Creative Content
Shea Shockley Marketing Coordinator
Lauren Vigil Graduate Assistant for Content (FB)
Ella Ziegler Graduate Assistant for Content
Spirit Groups
Dixie Owens Spirit Coordinator 205-300-2404
Sponsorship
Rylee Battersby Assistant AD for Marketing, Communications and Sponsorship 205-726-4718
Ticketing (Taymar Sales U.)
David Moore Vice President and General Manager 205-726-2965
Jordan Smith Ticket Sales Manager 205-726-2802
Sports Medicine
Whitley Williams Bankhead Director of Sports Medicine: Administration and Medical Operations 205-726-4005
Anne Westbrook Gay Director of Sports Medicine: Personnel and Internal Operations - Athletic Trainer (Soccer) 205-726-4311
Brandon Sheppard Head Football Athletic Trainer 205-726-4928
Brad Montgomery Assistant Athletic Trainer (Men's Basketball/Men's Golf) 205-726-2574
Anna Bolton Assistant Athletic Trainer (Volleyball/Women's Tennis) 205-726-4851
Cameron McKinley Assistant Athletic Trainer (Track & Field/Cross Country) 205-726-2805
Angela Talaganis Assistant Athletic Trainer (Baseball) 205-726-2670
Lauren Talton Assistant Athletic Trainer (Women's Basketball/Women's Golf) 205-726-2576
Wyatt Barnes Assistant Athletic Trainer (Football) 205-726-4928
Lillie Hulgan Assistant Athletic Trainer (Softball/Football)
Dr. Emily Bell Casey Primary Care, Sports Medicine Team Physician 205-726-2805
Dr. Marcus Rothermich Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sports Medicine Team Physician 205-726-2805
Sports Performance
Jonathan Farris Director of Olympic Sports Performance
Jake Venables Director of Football Strength and Conditioning
Will Zambernardi Director of Men's Basketball Sports Performance
John Kennington Assistant Sports Performance Coach
Summer Jones Assistant Sports Performance Coach
Griffin Batt Sports Performance Graduate Assistant
Timaje Porter Sports Performance Graduate Assistant
Baseball
Tony David Head Coach
Tyler Shrout Associate Head Coach (Pitching)/Recruiting Coordinator
Gil Walker Assistant Coach
Branden Fryman Assistant Coach
Samuel Witherspoon Director of Player Development/Operations
C.J. Whaley Director of Pitching Development & Analytics
Basketball (Men's)
Lennie Acuff Head Coach
Will Acuff Assistant Coach
Kip Owens Assistant Coach
Peyton Mattingly Assistant Coach
William Small Assistant Coach
Jake Delaney Assistant Coach
Keaton Norris Graduate Assistant
Basketball (Women's)
Matt Wise Head Coach
Sally Higgins Assistant Coach
Charity Brown Assistant Coach
Walker Martin Assistant Coach/Director of Basketball Operations
Hannah Barber Assistant Coach
Diego Medellin Graduate Assistant
Football
John Grass Head Football Coach
Mickey Conn Assistant Coach
Chuck Dunn Assistant Coach
Will Gilchrist Assistant Coach
Aashon Larkins Assistant Coach
Montralius Mosley Assistant Coach
Andrew Swinney Assistant Coach
Brandon Thomas Assistant Coach
Paul Tyson Assistant Coach
Andrew Zow Assistant Coach
Carson Kaiser Director of Football Operations
Jake Venables Director of Football Strength and Conditioning
Rocky Sabbatini Football Video Coordinator
Xavier Robinson Director of Player Personnel
Cally Chizik Assistant Coach
Logan Self Analyst
Tyler Venables Analyst
Jaylen Swain Assistant Coach
Lyndi Rae Davis Executive Director for the Head Football Coach
Golf (Men's)
Al DelGreco Head Coach 205-726-4293
Golf (Women's)
Shane Warren Head Coach
Soccer
Todd Yelton Head Coach 205-726-4039
Carl Goody Associate Head Coach
Alex Durbin Assistant Coach
Softball
Megan Curry Head Softball Coach
Sarah Cespedes Assistant Coach
Logan Calhoun Assistant Coach
Bella Furgason Assistant Coach
Ryan Greenwood Director of Player Development
Tennis (Men's)
Oliver Reynolds Head Coach 205-726-2592
Will Gray Assistant Coach
Tennis (Women's)
David Vest Head Coach 205-726-4254
Ally Hayduk Graduate Assistant
Track & Field/Cross Country
Rod Tiffin Head Track and Field Coach/Director of Cross Country 205-726-2081
Wes Penberthy Head Cross Country Coach / Distance Track Coach
Tom Esslinger Assistant Coach
Hannah Daffin Assistant Coach - Throws
Emily Edwards Penberthy Assistant Distance Coach
Ellen Reidinger Student Assistant Coach
Jake Diggs Assistant Sprint Coach
Maddie Edwards Graduate Assistant
Volleyball
Keylor Chan Head Coach 205-726-4088
Ben Sabin Associate Head Coach 205-726-4491
Sabel Sabin Associate Head Coach 205-726-2969
Jenna Schuliger Volleyball Assistant