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Athletic Administration
Brian
Hand enters his first year as Presbyterian College’s Sports
Information Director, heading the publicity efforts for the
16-sport Blue Hose athletic program. His duties will also
include overseeing game operations for PC home athletic
events.
Prior to
accepting the position with PC, Hand worked as a public
affairs assistant with the Southern Conference in
Spartanburg, S.C. Hand also worked as an intern with the
Greenville Lions professional soccer team and as a sports
clerk with The Greenville News before moving to Nashville,
Tenn., in 2004 to serve as a media relations assistant with
the Pacific Coast League’s Nashville Sounds, then the Class
AAA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He returned to the
Upstate in 2005 to assist with media relations and game
management for the SoCon.
A native
of Greer, S.C., Hand completed his undergraduate studies at
North Greenville College in Tigerville, S.C. in 2003, and
holds a master’s degree in sport management from Middle
Tennessee State University.
Hand was a
standout soccer player at North Greenville, twice earning
defensive player of the year honors. In 2001, Hand was named
to the National Christian Colleges Athletic Association
honorable mention All-America team.
He also served as sports
editor of North Greenville’s award-winning newspaper,
The Skyliner.
Hand, 26,
is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA).
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