Matt McCollester

Title:	Director of Media Relations
Organization:	(men's soccer, men's basketball, men's & women's golf, secondary men's & women's track/cross country)
Phone:	334-5615
Email:	matt.mccollester@uncg.edu

Matt McCollester enters his first year as the director of media relations at UNCG. McCollester began his duties in June after spending six years as an assistant director at Ball State.

McCollester served as the primary media relations contact for men’s basketball, baseball and women’s soccer at Ball State. He was also the women’s basketball contact for two seasons and assisted with publicity efforts for BSU’s nationally ranked football team in 2007 and 2008.

As the industry has changed, McCollester produced Ball State’s first-ever digital media guides for his assigned sports, integrating video and user interaction into the publications. He also developed social media platforms for his sports.

Prior to his stint at Ball State, McCollester served as an assistant director of media relations at Arkansas State from 2004-06. There, he was the primary contact for women’s basketball, baseball, women’s volleyball and women’s soccer.

McCollester also completed media relations internships with Harvard, Slippery Rock and Louisville.

McCollester is an active member of CoSIDA and on the Academic All-America committee as a district coordinator. He is also actively involved in the National Baseball Writers Association and holds a vote on the national poll.

McCollester earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Slippery Rock in 2003. He is married to the former Deb Puaca and they have a 16-month-old son named Evan.