Temple University Athletics
Temple's Dougherty Named ECAC-SIDA Nevins Award Winner
4.13.17 | General
PHILADELPHIA -- Temple Senior Associate Athletic Director/Communications, Larry Dougherty, will be honored with the Eastern College Athletic Conference - Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA) Pete Nevins Award at the organization's annual workshop in June. A Q&A with Dougherty was posted on the ECAC-SIDA website to announce the award.Â
The Nevins award is presented to an individual in recognition of his or her advancement of the field of athletic communications and advocacy for intercollegiate athletics. The winner must have served at least 25 years in the sports information field, and be either a current or former member of ECAC-SIDA. The award is named for Pete Nevins, long-time sports information director at East Stroudsburg University.
Dougherty is in his 14th year at Temple and sixth as Senior Associate Athletic Director for Communications after serving the previous four years as Associate Athletic Director. In his position, Dougherty oversees the athletic communications of the University's 19-sport Division I-A athletic program as well as the television and radio operations. He also is the varsity sport administrator for women's soccer, men's crew and women's rowing.
Active in regional and national organizations, Dougherty served as chair of the organizing committee for the 2009 ECAC-SIDA Workshop held in Avalon, N.J., and the 2005 CoSIDA Workshop held in Philadelphia. Dougherty served as the president of CoSIDA during 2010-11. He was the recipient of the ECAC-SIDA's 2011 Irving T. Marsh Award. He was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 2015 and recently has been named the recipient of the 2017 CoSIDA Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award.
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The Nevins award is presented to an individual in recognition of his or her advancement of the field of athletic communications and advocacy for intercollegiate athletics. The winner must have served at least 25 years in the sports information field, and be either a current or former member of ECAC-SIDA. The award is named for Pete Nevins, long-time sports information director at East Stroudsburg University.
Dougherty is in his 14th year at Temple and sixth as Senior Associate Athletic Director for Communications after serving the previous four years as Associate Athletic Director. In his position, Dougherty oversees the athletic communications of the University's 19-sport Division I-A athletic program as well as the television and radio operations. He also is the varsity sport administrator for women's soccer, men's crew and women's rowing.
Active in regional and national organizations, Dougherty served as chair of the organizing committee for the 2009 ECAC-SIDA Workshop held in Avalon, N.J., and the 2005 CoSIDA Workshop held in Philadelphia. Dougherty served as the president of CoSIDA during 2010-11. He was the recipient of the ECAC-SIDA's 2011 Irving T. Marsh Award. He was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 2015 and recently has been named the recipient of the 2017 CoSIDA Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award.
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