Michael Bertsch Email & Phone Number

Zelienople, PA, US

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Works in concert with head coach Brian Kelly to create policies and procedures for media members in their coverage of the football program
• Serves as a media relations strategist and communications expert for program leadership, head coach Brian Kelly, student-athletes and team support staff
• Serves a key role in building and enhancing the reputation of the Fighting Irish football brand through day-to-day management of the program’s key media and communications functions
• Exhibits the ability to build detailed media relations and messaging strategies and bring collaborative thinking to the entire organization
• Works collectively with internal content teams (digital, social, marketing, creative) to help passionately tell our story
• Works hand-in-hand with NBC Sports for the network broadcasts of Notre Dame football

South Bend, Indiana Area

• Collaborated on two redesigns of UND.com, one of the most visited athletics department websites
• Utilized relationships with academic services for student-athletes office and student-athlete welfare and development department to submit nominations of football players for awards pluspitch story ideas to both local.
• Directly responsible for the design and production of the weekly Irish football media notes
• Editor of the official Notre Dame football gameday program
• Performed day-to-day football duties such as assisting media with interviews for both players and assistant coaches, issuing press releases and general research
• Football gameday responsibilities include: meeting with on-air talent, in-game notes, facilitating on-field television interviews and directly handle post-game player interviews

Winston-Salem, N.C.

• Served as the primary media contact for Wake Forest’s nationally-ranked men’s soccer and baseball teams
• Wrote, designed and edited the 2004, 2005 men’s soccer and 2005, 2006 baseball media guides
• Wrote, designed and edited 2003 women’s soccer, 2003-04 women’s basketball and 2003-04 women’s tennis media guides
• Served as the editor of Kickoff, the 112-page official game day program for Wake Forest football
• Responsible for cover designs, editorial content, design and layout of Kickoff
• Served as the editor of the Wake Forest Men’s Basketball Yearbook, sold at every home game

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Served as primary contact for women’s basketball, baseball and women’s soccer
• Maintained positive relations with local, regional and national media to generate opportunities for publicity and exposure in print and internet
• Carried on positive interaction with reporters, players and coaches

Huntington, West Virginia Area

• Served as primary media contact for men’s soccer, volleyball and softball
• Served as secondary media contact for football and men’s basketball
• Assisted ESPN, HBO, CBS, WVPBS with production of documentary films on the 30th Anniversary of the Marshall University DC-9 Plane Tragedy
• Organized post game press conference for football, men’s and women’s basketball
• Assisted with 1999 Heisman Trophy campaign for finalist Chad Pennington

Master Of Arts - Ma, Athletic Administration

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communications