2010-11 ECAC-SIDA Executive Board

Jeff Bernstein President New York University jeffrey.bernstein@nyu.edu

The 2010-11 academic year marks Jeff Bernstein’s 12th as New York University’s Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information.  He joined the NYU staff in October 1999 following 11 years at Manhattan College, where he served as the Director of Sports Media Relations. 

Bernstein’s responsibilities at NYU include assisting in the administration of the athletics department, publicizing the activities of the Violets’ 21 varsity teams, maintaining the department’s website, overseeing production of publications, new media technology and video webcasting, as well as supervising a staff of one full-time assistant and several student assistants. 

Prior to the 2010-11 academic year, Bernstein stepped into the role of President of the   Eastern College Athletic Conference-Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA). After joining the organization’s Board of Directors as its Chairman of Membership Services in 2004, he stepped into the presidential rotation in 2008-09 as Second Vice president and then First Vice President in 2009-10. 

Bernstein, who also serves as treasurer for the Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association (MBWA), earned the organization’s “Mike Cohen Good Guy Award” in 2003, an honor that is presented annually “to someone who has been especially friendly and helpful to the media, often going above and beyond to make their jobs easier and more pleasant.”  Bernstein was also cited by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as a Grant Burger Media Award regional honoree in both 2006 and 2007.  

Following the 2006-07 academic year, Bernstein received the 25-Year Service Award from both the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ECAC-SIDA.    

In 2007, the NYU women’s basketball media guide cover received “Best in the Nation” honors from CoSIDA, while the NYU men’s basketball media guide received the same honor in 2003.

A 1982 graduate of St. John’s University with a Bachelor of Science degree in athletic administration, Bernstein began his work in intercollegiate athletics as the Sports Information Director at Hunter College from 1982-88.  While there, he also served as the Director of Media Relations for the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC).

From 1988-99, Bernstein worked at Manhattan College, a NCAA Division I program in Riverdale, NY.  In addition to overseeing all public relations activities for the Jaspers’ 19 varsity sports teams, Bernstein also served as the executive producer for the college’s radio, television and internet basketball broadcasts, and conducted the broadcast’s halftime interviews. 

The former Public Relations Director for the Westchester Apples of the United States Basketball League, Bernstein also served as a press chief at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York City.  He’s a former softball columnist for New York Newsday, and currently works part-time for the Associated Press. 

A member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the United States Basketball Writers’ Association (USBWA), Bernstein has also served on NYU’s Student Affairs Professional Development Committee.

A native of Brooklyn, NY, Bernstein resides in Montclair, NJ, with his wife Jennifer and their son Benjamin Thomas.