Jim Trego named senior associate athletics director for external affairs

Trego to assume duties in early May

April 11, 2008

Jim Trego, associate athletics director for development and community relations at Baylor University, has been named senior associate athletics director for external affairs at the Air Force Academy, it was announced today by Director of Athletics Dr. Hans Mueh.

Trego will be responsible for overseeing all external affairs in the athletics department, to include marketing and development, promotions, ticketing, gift shop operations and athletic communications. In addition, he will be the primary administrator for revenue sports.

Trego, who worked at the Academy in a variety of areas from 1983 to 1993, returns to the Academy after a 15-year stint at Baylor. Trego began his career in athletics at the Academy as the head cross country coach and assistant track coach from 1983-87. He then served as the assistant athletics director for administration and later the assistant athletics director of business affairs. Trego served as assistant athletics director for event management, team logistics and facility scheduling until 1993 before leaving the academy to become assistant commissioner for business at the Western Athletic Conference in August 1993. He worked there briefly before heading to Baylor later that year.

Trego served on active duty in the Air Force from 1976 to 1993 and has 24 years of experience in athletics administration. He is a 1975 graduate of South Dakota State University where he earned a degree in education and later received his master's degree in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado. Trego and his wife, Tammy, have a daughter, Bayley Ann, 11, and a son, Tyler, nine.

Trego replaces Michael Saks, who left in October to join the Orange Bowl Committee. He is expected to assume his duties at the Academy in early May.

 

 

 
 

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