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Doug Dull To Handle Men's Basketball Media and Public Relations
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All the great names and games that have made Maryland Basketball special to us all are etched in my memory. And it's with absolute pleasure and pride that I'm able to join the Terrapins' staff this season to handle the media and public relations duties.
Prior to this season, I've been able to assist others in a background role with the media operation in men's basketball. Now, it's my turn to assume the primary role in handling the umterps.com website, the media guide, stats, notes and promotion of the players and coaches who put in so much effort in this program.
One of our other functions is to assist the radio and television broadcasters to prepare information for the games you see and hear. When Mike Patrick, Johnny Holliday or Dick Vitale talk about notes, stats or little stories about the players and coaches, that's come from visits and information prepared by our office.
As the season progresses, I hope you enjoy being involved with Maryland Basketball. An important goal of our office is to help fans feel closer to the program and have a more informed view of what goes on.
And I hope you enjoy the 2008-09 season as much as I will.
As more of an introduction, my bio from umterps.com follows below:
Doug Dull returned to his alma mater during the summer of 2003 to assume the duties of associate athletics director for media relations. In his new position, Dull will direct the media relations staff and will coordinate communications and media-relations functions for all 27 sports within the department.
He spent three years as the sports information director at Kansas State University, where he was primarily repsonsible for the nationally ranked football and track programs.
Prior to that he was an assistant athletics director for media relations at the University of California, Davis, and at Chico State University in northern California. A member of the Football Writers Association of America, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the Public Relations Society of America and the Track and Field Writers Association of America, Dull is also active in the College Sports Information Directors of America, having served on its national board of directors and as President during the 2006-07 academic year.
A native of Smithsburg, Md., Dull began his career as a sports writer and sports editor at the Herald-Mail newspapers in Hagerstown. He is the recipient of a number of writing and design awards both in the newspaper and collegiate sports information realms.
A 1981 graduate of the University of Maryland, he holds a bachelor's degree in individual studies with a concentration on sports administration. Dull and his wife, Dr. Patty Bricmont, were married in August 2006.