administration - SIDEARM Sports

ADMINISTRATION
ROBERT H. FOGLESONG
LARRY TEMPLETON
University President
West Virginia, 1968
Director of Athletics
Mississippi State, 1969
Doc Foglesong was born and raised in Mingo County, West
Virginia. He’s the son of a steam fitter on the railroad and a first-grade
teacher. He attended West Virginia University and eventually earned
his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate in chemical engineering—and
married his former English teacher—Mary Thrasher Foglesong of
Sistersville, West Virginia.
Currently, Foglesong is the President of Mississippi State University—a land-grant school of over 16,000 students committed to excellence in teaching, research, and service. His vision is for the university
to be the most respected land-grant school in the Southeast. He also
is President and Executive Director of the Appalachian Leadership and
Education Foundation, an organization committed to finding, mentoring, and developing young men and women who will be the next
generation of leadership across Appalachia.
Foglesong has been designated by the President of the United
States as the Co-Chairman of the Joint US - Russia Commission on
POWs/MIAs. He is also a Director on the Board of Massey Energy and
a Director on the Board of the Michel Baker Corp.
Foglesong previously was a four-star general in the United States Air
Force. He flew fighters, was a senior leader in organizations equivalent
to companies ranking 9th, 110th, and 430th on the Fortune 500 List,
and worked directly with the most senior national leaders including
congressional members, cabinet members, and heads of state.
Foglesong received numerous awards for leadership. He is a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has written more than 60
publications that cover a range of topics, and has an honorary Doctorate of Strategic Intelligence. He likes to run and collect slide rules and
blow torches.
Mississippi State Director of Athletics, Larry Templeton begins his
21st year at the head of the Bulldog sports program in 2007, and has
competed for championships in every sport program. His department
has operated in the black while expanding the program and drastically
improving its facilities. He is the this longest-tenured AD in MSU history
and the longest in the Southeastern Conference with 20 seasons under
his belt.
In the decade of the ‘90s virtually every State sport establish a bestever finish. The start of the new millennium has been no different, with
MSU sports teams having qualified for postseason play 51 times during
the past seven seasons; a school-record 12 did so in 2004-05. MSU’s
men’s and women’s athletes recorded the highest combined grade
point average during the 2005-06 academic year.
The early 1990s expansions and renovations of the Leo Seal M-Club
Center, Shira Athletic Complex and the completion of the John H.
Bryan Sr. Athletic Administration Building were fueled by Templeton.
Permanent seating was implemented at the MSU Soccer Field, along
with McCarthy Gymnasium being converted into an indoor tennis facility and expanded seating at Humphrey Coliseum. Additional chairbacks and 18 skyboxes at Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium and
an expansion of Scott Field. The Holliman Athletic Center, Palmeiro
Center and softball training facility were added in 2004-05.
Templeton is married to the former Linda Jo Nichols. Their son,
Brian, received his second degree (landscape architecture) at Mississippi State in May 2002. A second son, Stephen, received his doctorate
from Mississippi State in August 2002, and daugther, Nici, is an attorney in Columbia, S.C. Granddaughters Ella Crace Comer and Addison
McSwain Comer reside in Columbia, S.C.
Doc Foglesong with the MSU 1940s Bi-Plane
Larry Templeton has guided MSU’s
athletic department for over 20 years.
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ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS
MEDIA SERVICE AND GUIDELINES
MEDIA RELATIONS
STAFF
Mike Nemeth
John R. Cade
Associate AD
Media & Public
Relations
Assistant AD
Media & Public
Relations
The 2008 Mississippi State University Men’s Golf Media Guid has been
specifically prepared to assist media members in their coverage of the Bulldogs. We hope that most of your information will be answered on the pages
of this guide. However, should you need additional information or assistance,
please contact the MSU Athletic Media Relations office (662-325-2703). The
information on the following pages hould cover most media-related questins
you have.
We appreciate your coverage of Mississippi State University men’s golf
and look forward to working with you this season.
Results and Statistics
Mississippi State’s men’s golf results, along with tournament recaps will be
available on the MSU official athletic website (www.MStateAthletics.com) following all tournaments. Statistics and notes may be obtained on the website.
Please contact the MSU Media Relations office for more information.
Information Policy
Media interested in setting up interviews with head coach Clay Homan or
with MSU golfers need to arrange them through Jan Blaine, located in the
Bryan Athletic Administration Building, at (662) 325-0968. Requests should
be made at least 24 hours in advance to ensure availability.
MSU on the Internet
Visit the official Mississippi State Athletics home page on the internet at
www.MStateAthletics.com. The site offers up-to-date information on all of
MSU’s 16 varsity sports, including schedules and results, player and coach biographies as well as the latest news from each of the MSU athletic programs.
David Rosinski
Cassie Chance
Associate Director
Men’s Basketball
Assistant Director
Women’s Basketball
BOB HARTLEY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
Providing Graduate Assistant
Opportunities to Young SID’s
BOB
HARTLEY
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Joe Dier
Joe Galbraith
Assistant Director
Baseball & Volleyball
Assistant Director
Football
Anne Cooke
Diane Keith
Admin. Assistant
Bryan Building
Admin. Assistant
Humphrey Coliseum
JAY
MIDDLETON
For more than half a century Robert M. “Bob” Hartley dedicated his life’s work
to promoting Mississippi State athletics. From his hiring as the school’s first sports
publicity director in August 1946 to his initial “reitrement” as Assistant Athletic
Director for communications in June 1985, through his later years as an invaluable
consultant for the Mississippi State University Department of Athletics, the man we
called “Hart” gave special meaning to the words, “loyalty”.
Mr. Bob’s lavors of love with MSU have not gone unrecognized. He has taken
his place among college athletics’ greats as a member of both the university’s and
the state’s sports halls of fame and the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame.
His willingness to generously give of his talent, time and friendship serves as an
inspiration to the countless lives he touched and to those that aspire to follow in
his footsteps. In that respect, the Bob Hartley Memorial Fellowship was created by
the MSU Department of Athletics to provide graduate assistantship opportunities
to young media realtions workers.
Jay Middleton was selected as the sixth recipient of the Bob Hartley Memorial
Fellowship for the 2006-07 academic year. A native of Tupelo, Miss., Middleton
earned his bachelor’s degree in communication. He served as a student assistant
in the MSU athletic media relations for 5 years, in which he served as the primary
contact for the men’s tennis team and the women’s golf team for the past 2 years.