加藤视频 Names Hill Sports Information Director
Jul 30, 2015
Florida SouthWestern State College (加藤视频) director of athletics, Carl McAloose, has named Michael Hill II as the college鈥檚 Sports Information Director.
In this role, Hill will serve as the official public spokesperson for the College鈥檚 Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. He will also lead all marketing, promotion and media relations efforts for all 加藤视频 intercollegiate athletic programs.
鈥淲e were impressed with the quality of the over 60 applications we received for this position,鈥� said McAloose. 鈥淢ike鈥檚 experience in this field, plus his familiarity with the southwest Florida region, means he will make an immediate and positive impact for the Buccaneers.鈥�
Hill brings nearly 10 years of athletic communications experience to 加藤视频, and comes to the Buccaneers after spending a year at Southeastern Conference (SEC) program University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. (2014-15) and Xavier University of the Big East Conference (2013-14). While at the U of A, he was the Assistant Director of Communications and worked with multiple programs including women鈥檚 soccer, women鈥檚 basketball, women鈥檚 tennis and the nationally ranked men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 cross country and track and field programs. During his time at Xavier, Hill served as the Assistant Director of Communications and was the primary contact for the men鈥檚 soccer, women鈥檚 basketball and both men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 golf programs and served as the liaison between the University and CBS Sports College Network for the school鈥檚 official website.
Prior to Xavier, Hill spent six years as the Assistant Director of Communications, Internet Services and Design for Florida Gulf Coast University. In his time at FGCU he served as the Interim Sports Information Director from November 2008 to July 2010, becoming the school鈥檚 third full-time director.
He was responsible for the development and growth of Florida Gulf Coast鈥檚 social media presence, as he developed the school鈥檚 first-ever Facebook, Instagram and Twitter profiles and completely redesigned FGCU鈥檚 athletic website on two separate occasions (2009, 2011).
In his time with the Eagles, he served as the primary contact for five different sports, including men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 soccer, volleyball, women鈥檚 basketball and softball. He was also the secondary contact for the 2012-13 men鈥檚 basketball team which won a 2013 ESPY for 鈥淏est Upset鈥�, during their historic run in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, when the first 15-seed in tournament history made the Sweet 16 and became 鈥淒unk City鈥�.
Hill also spent time as the Athletics Media Relations Assistant at Ohio University (2006-07) and a communications intern with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association during the 2005-06 season.
Hill is a 2006 graduate of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio and holds a Bachelor鈥檚 Degree in sport management. A Detroit native, he is an active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
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Last Updated: July 30, 2015
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