Matt Ensor Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Arizona, United States

*Head of communications for entire athletics department and athletics director that serve all 22 programs as well as working directly with men’s basketball, football and golf teams*Supervise full-time staff of five sports information directors and two sports photographers in addition to undergraduate intern staff*Oversee media relations effort with local Tucson market, regional media and national media while also serving on ICA Leadership Team*Crisis communication lead for athletics department as well as liaison for University Communications, UA Foundation, Alumni Association and other campus partners*Manage annual operations budgets of $110,000*Communications lead for department’s NIL, fundraising, and academics programming*Develop and maintain year-end reporting for athletics department, University Communications and conference partners*Member of Arizona Athletics' Big 12 Conference Transition Team*Served on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) NCAA Division I cabinet in order to promote and raise awareness for the Sports Information profession

Tucson, Arizona, United States

*Head of Communications for Arizona Athletics with senior staff appointment*Communications lead for athletics department, athletics director while continuing work with football and men's basketball programs*Collaborative liaison with campus partners, University Communications and crisis communications lead*Oversee Communications Office of seven full-time employees and team of student interns*Men's and Women's Golf primary communications contact*Served on a variety of Pac-12 and national working groups on COVID-19 re-entry and media operations

Tucson, Arizona Area

*Oversee day-to-day operations of Communication Office with operating budget of $105,000*Supervise staff of seven full-time employees and a dozen student interns*Crisis communication lead and collaborative point of contact with University Communications*Created feature storytelling platform as well as cross-departmental strategic content team*Manage all general athletic department and athletic director communications*Department spokesperson contact for local, national and international media*Hired two full-time SID's and in-house photographer in first year in position

Tucson, Arizona

*Media Relations Director for Arizona Men's Basketball program*Manage all media requests for Head Coach Sean Miller and all student-athletes*Coordinate all public relations efforts for all Arizona games that are nationally televised on ESPN, FoxSports1, CBS and the PAC-12 Networks*Handle social media efforts and campaigns on behalf of @APlayersProgram*Oversee gameday staff coordination with broadcast entities*Hosted ESPN's College GameDay in McKale Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

*Men's Basketball and Women's Soccer Media Contact*Managed day-to-day media needs of department’s top sport with 29 televised games*Coordinated head coach Craig Neal’s radio and television shows*Helped with numerous community service initiatives; Nike N7 & “Pink Pack” games*Oversaw paid student assistant staff*Conducted and presented research on website traffic trends and social media analytics

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

*Men's Basketball SID and secondary contact for Football.*Spent the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years as the primary contact for UNM's Men's Soccer and Women's Basketball teams.*Day-to-day management off all of UNM Athletics' social media campaigns and efforts.*Managed all media efforts for Men's Soccer program, which advanced to the 2013 NCAA College Cup*Coordinated ESPN E:60 segment on Lobo Soccer Alum Pat Grange*Promoted efforts for Women's Basketball program, which finished top ten in the country in attendance.*Publicized the campaigns of Academic All-Americans in both sports.*Media Liaison for Martina McBride & George Strait concert in The Pit.

Americus, Georgia

• Primary sports responsibilities: Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball and Softball • Official StatCrew scorer for all home games for all sports• Created media guides and other materials using InDesign and Photoshop• Website maintenance using PrestoSports content management system• Assisted with the sports information needs of GSW’s other seven sports• Implemented new social media campaigns using Facebook and Twitter• Wrote, edited a variety of content including full-length feature stories• Traveled extensively with the men's & women's basketball teams handling all travel and away game duties

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Secondary SID for VCU Men’s Basketball team at 2011 NCAA Tournament• Coordinated Open Locker Room Interview Sessions for all rounds• Assisted with briefings of Turner/CBS T.V. and Radio commentators • Staffed and attended Nike Villa 7 Coaching Consortium • Wrote, edited and published content for Athletics website, magazine and programs• Completed various game management duties for a variety sports:• Stat Crew scoring • Use of InDesign and Photoshop for creating game day programs and game notes• Live blogging using CoverItLive• Official and Talent Statistician for regional ESPN and Comcast basketball broadcasts • Helped coordinate post-game press conferences for Men’s Basketball home games

• Wrote and edited copy for new organization website• Organized content for website publication• User Acceptance tested and developed pages for higher S.E.O visibility• Assisted with creation and update of collateral marketing materials.

B.A., Journalism

Graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication ('09). News/Editorial Journalism focus with a minor in Communication Studies.

M. Ed., Sport Leadership

Earned a Master's from the VCU Center for Sport Leadership ('11).

Master Of Education - Med, Sport Leadership

Earned Master’s degree from the Center for Sport Leadership at VCU