Media Information Sports Information Staff The 2006-07 University of Tennessee basketball media Media Luncheons guide is published primarily as a source of information Beginning in January, Bruce Pearl will host a weekly Bud Ford for members of the media. Requests for additional infor- media luncheon in the Arena Dining area at Thompson- Associate Athletic mation, interviews and photographs should be directed Boling Arena. A schedule for the luncheons will be Director/Sports Information to Craig Pinkerton, associate SID, P.O. Box 15016, announced at a later date. A 40-year veteran of his pro- Knoxville, TN 37901. fession, UT graduate Bud Ford Coach Interviews was promoted in April 2000 to the position of associate athletics Media Credentials Media may request interviews with Bruce Pearl and his director for sports information. He Requests for media credentials should be submitted in staff by calling the SID Office (865) 974-1212. is a member of the CoSIDA Hall of Fame and this past writing well in advance to Craig Pinkerton, associate summer was named the Arch Ward Award winner. SID. You may fax your requests to (865) 974-1269 at Player Interviews Ford began his career as a part-time employee in the least one week in advance of the game you plan to cover. All requests for player interviews should be directed to Vols publicity office while he completed undergraduate Credentials will be left at the Media Will Call entrance Craig Pinkerton, associate SID. Please make your studies. He then pioneered the position of full-time assis- on the west end of Thompson-Boling Arena. Only requests at least 24 hours in advance. No players are tant SID in 1966 upon completion of his degree in retail- working media will be issued credentials, and they available for interviews on gameday. Media may inter- ing. For the next 35 years, he worked alongside CoSIDA remain the property of the University of Tennessee. UT view players (with a 24-hour notice) at the SID office in Hall of Fame member Haywood Harris. In January 1988, reserves the right to revoke credentials being used by Stokely Athletics Center 11:30-1:30 p.m. weekdays dur- Ford was promoted to sports information director and in anyone not working for a media outlet. ing a class break if possible, or before practice at March 1989 was named assistant athletics director for Thompson-Boling Arena. Under no circumstances are sports information. Media Services players available for interviews by calling them in their Ford and his wife, Sandy, have two children, Brent Media members should enter Thompson-Boling Arena dorms/apartments. Players are instructed not to grant and Julie. at the east end on the floor level. An ample number of any (telephone/in-person) interviews unless prior telephones are available in the press room located on the arrangements are made through the sports information arena floor level. A pregame meal will be served begin- office. John Painter ning 90 minutes before tipoff. Game notes, current sta- Associate SID/Football tistics, media guides and game programs are available Tennessee Basketball E-MMail List Columbia, Tenn., native John prior to the game in the Press Room. Computerized sta- Every UT basketball press release, set of statistics and Painter returned to his alma mater tistics are utilized during the game, and stat monitors are game notes are e-mailed to a large contingent of media as an associate sports information available on press row. A complete stat package, includ- all over the country. If interested in being included on director in October 2001 where he ing play-by-play, halftime and final statistics and coach- this list, please contact basketball SID Craig Pinkerton works closely with football coach Phillip Fulmer in the areas of pro- es’ quotes will be provided to all media representatives at [email protected]. motion, marketing, publicity and other related projects. A following the game. 1988 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Painter Tennessee Basketball On The Internet worked as a member of the NCAA’s Public Affairs staff Media Parking Information on Tennessee and the SEC is available on from 1989-2001. He also served as an assistant SID at Media park in Lot G10, located on Phillip Fulmer Drive the World Wide Web. To access information on Auburn (1988-89). Painter and his wife, Mary Margaret, on the east side of Thompson-Boling Arena. Parking Tennessee, visit the university’s site at UTsports.com. reside in Maryville with their children, Jackson and David. passes will be required for entrance into Lot G10. Information on SEC Basketball, including Tennessee, can be accessed on the Web at secsports.com. There is Media Will Call also a home page for the SEC Basketball Tournament at Craig Pinkerton The Media Will Call entrance is located on the east side secsports.com. Associate SID/Basketball of Thompson-Boling Arena on the ground (floor) level. In his seventh year at A valid form of identification will be requested in order Tennessee Sports Information Department Tennessee is associate sports to pick up credentials. Phone Number (865) 974-1212 information director Craig Fax Number (865) 974-1269 Pinkerton. A 1994 graduate of Photographers Mailing Address P.O. Box 15016 Kansas State, Pinkerton works Photographers are restricted to areas on the baselines Knoxville, TN 37901 with the men’s basketball team. and along the south (press row) side of the court. Shipping Address 1720 Volunteer Boulevard The Wichita, Kan., native came to Tennessee after Photographers who shoot along the south side must sit Knoxville, TN 37996 spending two years as an assistant SID at K-State where completely down in the area between the press tables Office Location Room 257 he served as the primary contact for men’s basketball and and the court. At no time are photographers (video/still) Stokely Athletics Center the secondary contact for football. Prior to that, he spent allowed behind the team benches. four years at the University of Kansas, including three as Sports Information Staff an assistant SID. Postgame Interviews Bud Ford, Associate AD/Sports Information Home: (865) 922-1657 Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl will address the Tom Satkowiak media in the media room following a brief cooling off E-mail: [email protected] John Painter, Associate SID Assistant SID/Baseball period. Following Pearl’s press conference, UT players Tom Satkowiak was named Home: (865) 379-8976 will be available in the media room. The Tennessee assistant sports information direc- E-mail: [email protected] locker room is closed to the media. The visiting head tor at Tennessee in September coach will address the media outside the visitors’ locker Craig Pinkerton, Associate SID 2005. A native of Bay City, Mich., room on the east end of the arena. Home: (865) 670-1821 Satkowiak spent two years as a E-mail: [email protected] graduate assistant in the UT office Radio Broadcasts Tom Satkowiak, Assistant SID before being promoted to a full-time position. Information about clearance to broadcast games should Home: (865) 531-3268 Satkowiak works with the Vols’ baseball team and be directed to Steve Early, USA Collegiate, P.O. Box E-mail: [email protected] accompanied the squad to the 2005 College World Series. 11125, Knoxville, TN 37939, telephone (865) 584-7043. Haywood Harris, Special Assistant to the AD He has also worked with the UT men’s tennis team. Inquiries concerning the Vol Network should also be Home: (865) 584-3347 A 2002 Tennessee graduate with a degree in commu- directed to Early. Austin Ward: Graduate Assistant nications/public relations, Satkowiak received a master’s E-mail: [email protected] in sport studies in 2005 from UT. Satkowiak and his wife, Susie Treis, Secretary Brooke, reside in west Knoxville. 200 SEC Media Services Media Outlets Knoxville Contact (e-mmail) Telephone Associate director of media Associated Press Elizabeth Davis ([email protected]) (865) 522-3963 relations DeWayne Peevy is in his News-Sentinel John Adams ([email protected]) — Sports Editor (865) 342-6398 seventh year working as the bas- Mike Griffith ([email protected]) — Beat Writer ketball contact at the SEC. A UT Daily Beacon Sports Editor ([email protected]) (865) 974-0646 1996 graduate of Montevallo, WBIR-TV (NBC) Steve Phillips ([email protected]) (865) 541-5370 Peevy also serves as the media WATE-TV (ABC) Jim Wogan ([email protected]) (865) 637-6397 contact for women’s soccer. Prior WVLT-TV (CBS) Rick Russo ([email protected]) (865) 450-8888 to joining the SEC staff, he spent WIVK/WNOX Radio Jimmy Hyams ([email protected]) (865) 212-4619 three years as sports information VOL Network-TV Barry Rice ([email protected]) (865) 974-7442 DeWayne Peevy director at the University of VOL Radio Network Steve Early ([email protected]) — General Manager (865) 584-7043 Montevallo. He also spent one Bob Kesling ([email protected]) — Play-by-Play (865) 974-9619 year working with the Gulf South Conference. A native Bert Bertelkamp ([email protected]) — Color (865) 588-7691 of Birmingham, Ala., Peevy is married to the former Allison Lorio. Chattanooga Contact (e-mmail) Telephone Times-Free Press Gentry Estes ([email protected]) — Beat Writer (865) 591-4988 Mark Wiedmer ([email protected]) — Columnist (423) 756-6900 SEC Media Relations Contacts: WDEF-TV (CBS) Rick Nyman ([email protected]) (423) 785-1277 Phone Number (205) 458-3010 WRCB-TV (NBC) Randy Smith ([email protected]) (423) 267-5412 Fax Number (205) 458-3030 WTVC-TV (ABC) Darrell Patterson ([email protected]) (423) 757-7332 Mailing Address 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North WDSI-TV (FOX) Mark Edwards ([email protected]) (423) 265-0061 xt 123 Birmingham, AL 35203 DeWayne Peevy, Basketball Contact [email protected] Memphis Contact (e-mmail) Telephone Charles Bloom, Assoc.