2010-11 ECAC-SIDA Executive Board

Geoff Hassard Second Vice-President Oneonta hassargj@oneonta.edu

Hassard begins his 12th year as the full time Sports Information Director at Oneonta and his sixth under the title of Assistant Director of Athletics. He handles all publicity for the College's 21 varsity athletic programs, maintains the Athletics Department web site, produces all of the Department's publications, researches historical records of the varsity athletics program and maintains records and statistics for all teams and individual athletes.  He also serves as the Chair for the college’s Hall of Fame Committee.

Hassard's administrative duties include serving as part of the senior staff of the athletics department while overseeing the department’s discipline policy.

Prior to his arrival to Upstate New York Hassard spent five years at WPI in Worcester, Mass. as its Sports Information Director where he was responsible for promoting 19 varsity teams.  He was involved in the University's athletic booster club, Hall of Fame, alumni events and was responsible for promoting athletes for the Academic All-America program.

Hassard is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and is in his third year on the Board of Directors as the College Division Representative from the Northeast Region. He also serves on the Academic All-America Committee, which he has done for 12 years as a District Coordinator for various sports.  In 2008, he added additional duties as Director of Publicity for the Academic All-America program, a position he held until the spring of the 2010 academic year.  He has also been a presenter on panels and table topics at the CoSIDA national convention.

During his tenure at Oneonta, 21 athletes have received Academic All-District 1 honors 35 times including 19 times on the first team.  Eleven of his athletes have earned Academic All-America status including two first team selections.

Hassard is a member of the ECAC Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA) where he currently is the second vice president of the organization.  He has served the organization in various capacities over the years including being on the Rookie Committee and Membership Committee.  He has been part of the local organizing committee for 2 professional development workshops and, in 2006; he was the host for the ECAC-SIDA professional development workshop.

A native of Stoneham, Mass., Hassard is a 1989 magna cum laude graduate of Bridgewater (MA) State College where he received a bachelor's degree in physical education and teacher's certification for grades 5-12.  In 1990, he completed a Master of Education degree from Springfield College concentrating in the area of athletic administration.

Hassard has been an adjunct professor, and has coached at both the college and high school level in the sports of football, basketball, track & field and softball.