Former Maine Assistant SID to start Sept. 21

RINDGE, N.H. (September 12, 2009) – Franklin Pierce University Director of Athletics Bruce Kirsh announced Monday that Doug DeBiase has been named the Director for Athletic Communications at the school. He will begin his duties effective Sept. 21.

“I am very pleased to name Doug DiBiase as our new Director of Athletic Communication,” said Kirsh. “He brings a wealth of experience to the position and I believe he is very well prepared to lead us into the future.”

DeBiase comes to Franklin Pierce with seven-plus years of full-time communications experience, including spending the last four years at the University of Maine as the Associate Manager of Athletic Media Relations. At Maine, DeBiase worked with the football, women’s basketball and softball programs. He also worked with the volleyball, women’s soccer and cross country programs at various points during his tenure in Orono. DeBiase’s efforts to promote the programs produced stories in national media outlets such as ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning, ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated on Campus, NCAA.org, and NCAA on Campus. He also promoted five student-athletes who went on to be named either conference player of the year or student-athlete of the year in their respective sports. He worked with the 2008 nationally ranked Black Bear football team, which advanced to the NCAA playoffs and had two players garner major awards from the Colonial Athletic Association. DeBiase also has extensive experience working various NCAA and conference tournaments.

DeBiase also oversaw the redesign of Maine’s official website, (www.GoBlackBears.com) in February of 2008, and served as the liaison between the athletic department and its website company. He also had a hand in several multimedia projects at Maine, including: producing videos for GoBlackBears.com; providing video clips for the state-of-the-art video scoreboard in Alfond Arena; and producing yearly highlight videos for the football and women’s basketball programs.

“I’m very excited for the opportunity to be joining the Franklin Pierce team,” DeBiase said. “Franklin Pierce is one of the top programs both nationally and in the always competitive Northeast-10 Conference. I look forward to promoting the future success the school’s student-athletes and teams will achieve.”

A 2002 graduate of Penn State, DeBiase spent two years working in the athletic department’s communications office as a student assistant. Following graduation, he spent time working in media relations offices at the University of Florida, United States Naval Academy, and on game days for the Baltimore Ravens during the 2004 season.

A native of Hollidaysburg, Pa., DeBiase was married to Elizabeth Fowler on June 20, 2009, in Hampden, Maine.

Transactions – Franklin Pierce University names Doug DiBiase Director of Athletic Communications.