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He’s an Atlanta native who graduated from Auburn in 1991. Chuck began coaching immedi- CORPORATE PARTNERS ately following college and moved into writing full-time by 1997. After authoring three books MATT STINCHCOMB OPTION 1 - CORPORATE MEMBER - $350 and writing for several publications and freelance clients, Chuck began his radio career in Tuesday, October 16 Any one person from the organization may attend the meeting. August 2000. Television was next, with both studio work and games, including color com- Matt Stinchcomb joined ESPN in June 2009 as a ana- Benefits include recognition at meetings and recognition on mentary for the Conference USA Game of the Week for seven seasons and he’s proud to say lyst. This season, he will be teamed with Taylor Zarzour and Kris Budden he’s a four-time Emmy loser. He currently resides just north of Atlanta with his wife Kristen and Club website and Facebook page. to call a game on the SEC Network each Saturday. Additionally, he appears their two dogs, who both consume every day, but have yet to contribute to the household on ESPNU studio programming throughout the week. budget. OPTION 2 - CORPORATE SPONSOR - $1250 Prior to broadcasting, Stinchcomb was drafted in the first round of the Any three people from the organization may attend the meet- 1999 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. During his five seasons with ing. Benefits include recognition at meetings and recognition on DARI NOWKHAH Oakland, he was a starting guard, tackle, and center, and he played in Super Bowl XXXVII. Club website and Facebook page. Tuesday, September 25 He also played for the from 2004 to 2006. As an offensive tackle at the , he was a consensus All-America First Team in 1998. He was also named to ______OPTION 3 - TITLE SPONSOR - $2750 Dari Nowkhah is currently an anchor on SEC Network, regularly appear- the SEC First Team All-Decade Team for the 1990s. ______ing on SEC Now and on Saturdays during the college football season. Any five people from the organization may attend the meeting. Stinchcomb is the president and founder of the Stinchcomb Family Foundation, a private, non- application with a friend! Alabama 36106. Additionally, he calls play-by-play for men’s basketball and baseball.

, Benefits include recognition at meetings, recognition on Club Make a copy and share this Additionally, Nowkhah serves as co-host of ESPN Radio’s weekly Dari profit organization that supports public children’s charities. Together with his brother Jon, a right ______website and Facebook page, verbal recognition at each meet- and Mel Show (Saturdays) with Mel Kiper Jr. He joined ESPN in June tackle for the , and former Georgia quarterback David Greene, he hosts fice Phone: ing, and recognition on the large banner above the speaker 2004 as an ESPNEWS anchor and in August 2011 was named the host of “Countdown to Kickoff”, an annual children’s charity event at Georgia. Stinchcomb graduated Of Fax: Home Phone: Cell Phone: podium. ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network based out of ESPN’s studios Summa Cum Laude in 1998 from the University of Georgia with a bachelors degree in finance. in Charlotte, N.C. ELI GOLD He also previously served as a SportsCenter anchor and host of shows including Baseball GREG BYRNE Tonight and . Before joining ESPN, Nowkhah worked as a sports anchor and Tuesday, October 23 Tuesday, September 4 reporter at KOTV, a CBS affiliate in Tulsa, Okla. Previously he served two years as sports anchor and reporter at KLKN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nowkhah, a native of Tulsa, graduated from the University Greg Byrne has been the Director of Athletics at the University of .O. Box 6071, Montgomery Kickoff Meeting of Oklahoma in 1998 with a degree in broadcast journalism. In 2013 he was recognized by his alma Alabama since March 1, 2017. Prior to coming to Alabama, he served as

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Y the Birmingham Barons baseball team for 4 seasons and was named the Southern League’s in the athletic department at the University of Oregon from 1995 to 1998. He then moved to Oregon Broadcaster of the year for 1983. From 1976 to 2016, he was a member of NASCAR’s Motor Racing Thom Gossom is a renaissance man in love with life. He is an actor, writer, State University where he was an associate AD for development. From 2002 to 2005, he served as speaker, and communications consultant. He received his B.A. in com- Network was a network co-anchor from 1988 to 2016. Gold is a four-time Alabama Sportscaster of the associate AD for development and fundraising at the University of Kentucky. After a stint in pri- munications from in 1975. A starting wide receiver for vate business, he was named associate AD for external affairs at Mississippi State in 2006. Byrne the Year. Gold was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. Gold is a native of the Tigers, from 1972-1974, Gossom was the first black athlete to gradu- ALABAMA Brooklyn, New York. He and his wife split their time between homes in Birmingham and Ocean Isle and his wife, Regina, have two sons, Nick and Davis. Byrne’s father, Bill, was the longtime Athletic ______ate from Auburn University and is featured in the HBO special, Breaking , Beach, North Carolina. Director at Texas A&M.

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, Gossom received his M.A. in Communications from the University of Montevallo and began his HUGH FREEZE career with AT&T/BellSouth where he served on the staff of the President of BellSouth Services. & : (if applicable) He and his wife Joyce are owners of Best Gurl, inc. a unique multi-platform company committed to All meetings at the Montgomery Country Club Tuesday, September 11 all forms of effective communication. As an actor, Gossom has starred in films including Fight Club, Jeepers Creepers 2 and Miss Ever’s SYLVESTER CROOM Boys. On television he has been seen in The Quad, Love Is…, CSI, Boston Legal, and In The Heat AS A MEMBER LAST YEAR Tuesday, October 30 The Quarterback Club of Montgomery

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I I I from 2012 through 2016. He was named the 37th head coach at Ole Miss Journey To Integration at Auburn University, (State Street Press, 2008) and his, Slice Of Life, short Annual Night on December 5, 2011. In his 5 seasons with the Rebels, Freeze compiled story collection, (Aquarius Press 2015-2016). Check applicable boxes: a record of 39-25. The Rebels played in four bowl games during his tenure including a win over Oklahoma State. Freeze received national attention on National Pat Dye served as Auburn University’s Head Football Coach from 1981-1992. During Dye’s tenure, Signing Day 2013 as Ole Miss brought in the fifth ranked recruiting class in the country. The 2015 Tuesday, October 9 the Tigers were 99-39-4 and won four Championships. Coach Dye 2018 Application for Membership team finished ranked 9th in the AP poll, the first top-ten finish by Ole Miss since 1969. became only the fourth coach in SEC history to win three straight SEC titles. He received SEC Coach Prior to going to Ole Miss, Freeze served as the head coach at Arkansas State in 2011 where he Allen Greene is in his first year at Auburn after being named the pro-

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I NAIA school. Freeze served as an assistant coach at Ole Miss, Lambuth, and Arkansas State. He was the same capacity at the University at Buffalo from November 2015 until from 1981 to 1991. a highly successful high school coach at Briarcrest Christian in Memphis where he went 94-30. his arrival at Auburn. Greene’s tenure as director of athletics at the Coach Dye played at the University of Georgia where he was a first-team All-SEC lineman and a 1250 $ Freeze graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi. Freeze and his wife, Jill, have three University at Buffalo is noted for success on the field and in the classroom, two-time All-American (1959 and 1960). After graduation from Georgia, Dye played three years in . 1)

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I daughters: Ragan, Jordan, and Madison. .O. BOX 6071 • MONTGOMER Send application and check payable to the . Dye became an assistant at the University of Alabama in 1965 and TERBACK CLUB OF MONTGOMER 350 of facility enhancements. Greene also has experience working in the Southeastern Conference, hav- I P $ ______ing led several important business development and fundraising functions at the University of remained as a defensive assistant through 1973. In 1974, he was named head coach at East I CHUCK OLIVER I ______

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$ Conference Championship in 1976. Coach Dye served as head coach at Wyoming for the 1980 sea- I A graduate of Notre Dame with a degree in finance, Greene was a three-year starter for the Fighting I Chuck Oliver hosts the syndicated “Chuck Oliver Show” each week- son. Coach Dye was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. In November 2005, $275/$100 day on more than 40 stations throughout the South. The show Irish baseball team. Greene was selected by the in the 1998 MLB draft and played Address: I three years in its minor league system. Greene later received his master’s degree from Indiana the playing surface at Jordan-Hare at Auburn was named Pat Dye Field. Coach Dye is a Address: ______debuted in September of 2014 with one affiliate and has since built (Due Sept. 1, Oct. and Nov Address: an audience across eight states for year-round daily college football University. Greene and his wife Christy, have three children, daughters Rian and Seneca, and son native of Blythe, Georgia.

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