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Media Information dECADEUtah 2009 sUGAR bOWL cHAMP IONFootballS tWO bcs bOWLS IN fIVE yEARS eIGHT cONSECUTIVE bOWL wINS nO. 2 ap rANKING 2008 mwc cHAMPIONS fOUR mwc TITLES IN THE lAST dECADE 2009 sUGAR bOWL cHAMPIONS tWO bcs bOWLS IN fIVE yEARS eIGHT cONSECUTIVE bOWL wINS nO. 2 ap rANKING 2008 mwc cHAMPIONS fOUR mwc TITLES IN THE Utah Staff Directory
Sports Information Staff
Liz Abel Brooke Frederickson Kyle Harris Mike DeVine Kate Sturgeon
c t s b a ll Media Conta F oot Assoc. A.D / Sports Information Dir. Assistant Sports Information Dir. Associate Sports Information Dir. Assistant Sports Information Dir. Office Manager
Name Office/Cell Email Abel, Liz, Director (football) ...... 801-581-3511 / 209-6346 ...... label@huntsman .utah .edu DeVine, Mike, Assistant Director ...... 801-581-8997 / 580-4502 ...... mdevine@huntsman .utah .edu Frederickson, Brooke, Assistant Director ...... 801-581-8302 / 493-9254 ...... bfrederickson@huntsman .utah .edu Harris, Kyle, Associate Director ...... 801-581-3771 / 580-4411 ...... kharris@huntsman .utah .edu
M EDIA INFOR ATION Sturgeon, Kate, Office Manager ...... 801-581-3510 ...... ksturgeon@huntsman .utah .edu
Football Coaches Office Alford, Aaron, Running Backs ...... 801-581-3518. Elisaia, Doug, Strength ...... 801-581-4548. Hill, Jay, Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator ...... 801-581-3521. Miller, Blake, Offensive Line ...... 801-581-3520. Pease, John, Defensive Line/Asst . Head Coach ...... 801-581-3515. Roderick, Aaron, Receivers ...... 801-581-3517. Scalley, Morgan, Safeties/Recruiting Coordinator ...... 801-581-3522. Schramm, Dave, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks ...... 801-581-3519. Sitake, Kalani, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers ...... 801-581-6122. Whittingham, Kyle, Head Coach ...... 801-587-8355. Williams, J .D ., Cornerbacks ...... 801-581-3932.
Football Support Staff Office Email Andersen, Mark, Administrative Assistant ...... 801-587-7848...... mandersen@huntsman. .utah .edu Buchanan, Helen, Football Secretary ...... 801-587-8355...... hbuchanan@huntsman. .utah .edu Campbell, Todd, Video Coordinator ...... 801-585-3804...... tcampbell@huntsman. .utah .edu Hendrix, Manny, Director of Major Gifts ...... 801-585-7233...... mhendrix@huntsman. .utah .edu Holt, Kristy, Event Services (Stadium) ...... 801-585-1018...... kholt@stadium. .utah .edu Pyne, Steve, Events & Facilities Coordinator ...... 801-585-5054...... spyne@huntsman. .utah .edu Ronchetti, Ann, Director of Marketing ...... 801-585-5692...... aronchetti@huntsman. .utah .edu Rudy, Jeff, Football Operations ...... 801-581-8563...... jrudy@huntsman. .utah .edu Silvestri, Paul, Assistant Athletics Trainer (Football) ...... 801-581-6630...... psilvestri@huntsman. .utah .edu Sharitt, Kelly, Dir . of Equipment Operations ...... 801-581-8449...... ksharitt@huntsman. .utah .edu
Athletic Administration Office Email Abel, Liz, Associate Athletics Director (SID) ...... 801-581-3511...... label@huntsman. .utah .edu Bowman, Mary, Associate A .D . (SWA) ...... 801-585-6850...... mbowman@huntsman. .utah .edu Brennan, Kyle, Assistant A .D . (Compliance) ...... 801-585-3819...... kbrennan@huntsman. .utah .edu Hill, Chris, Athletics Director ...... 801-581-3508...... chill@huntsman. .utah .edu Knuth, Doug, Associate A .D . (External Ops) ...... 801-585-0446...... dknuth@huntsman. .utah .edu Lassiter, Zack, Assistant A .D . (Tickets) ...... 801-581-6632...... zlassiter@huntsman. .utah .edu Oliszczak, Pete, Associate A .D . (Internal Ops) ...... 801-587-7629...... poliszczak@huntsman. .utah .edu
Other Important Telephone Numbers Athletics Department ...... 801-581-8171 Mailing/Overnight Address Ticket Office ...... 801-581-8849 University of Utah Football Office ...... 801-587-8355 Athletics Department Stadium Press Box ...... 801-581-4783/581-8210 1825 E . South Campus Dr . Football Fax ...... 801-585-3808 Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0900 Sports Information ...... 801-581-3510/3511 Phone: (801) 581-8171 SID Fax ...... 801-581-4358
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2009 oPPONENT sPORTS iNFORMATION cONTACTS & wEBSITES Utah State Louisville Air Force TCU SID: Zach Fisher SID: Rocco Gasparro SID: Dave Toller SID: Mark Cohen Email: [email protected] Email: rocco .gasparro@louisville .edu Email: Dave .Toller@usafa .edu Email: m .cohen@tcu .edu Office: 435-797-2066 Office: 502-852-0102 Office: 719-333-3478 Office: (817) 257-5394 Cell: 435-213-0318 Cell: 502-262-2258 Cell: 719-200-2802 Cell: (817) 343-2017 Website: www .utahstateaggies .com Website: uoflsports.com Website: GoAirForceFalcons .com Website: www .GoFrogs .com M EDIA INFOR ATION
San Jose State Colorado State Wyoming San Diego State SID: Lawrence Fan SID: Zak Gilbert SID: Tim Harkins SID: Mike May Email: ltfan@email sjsu. .edu Email: Zak .Gilbert@ColoState .edu Email: tharkins@uwyo .edu Email: mmay@mail .sdsu .edu Office: 408-924-1217 Office: 970-491-5067 Office: 307-766-2256 Office: 619) 594-3023 Cell: 408-768-3424 Cell: 970-219-1638 Cell: 307-760-7847 Cell: 619-957-8372 Website: www .sjsuspartans com. Website: CSURams .com Website: WyomingAthletics .com Website: goaztecs .com
Oregon UNLV New Mexico Brigham Young SID: Dave Williford SID: Mark Wallington SID: Greg Remington/Alfredo Moreno SID: Brett Pyne Email: diw@uoregon .edu Email: mark .wallington@unlv .edu Email: gregrem@unm .edu Email: brett_pyne@byu .edu Office: 541-346-5488 Office: 702-895-4472 Office: (505) 925-5525/5524 Office: 801-422-4912 Cell: 541-729-6801 Cell: 702-528-6291 Cell: (505) 410-4844/4534 Cell: 801-367-1631 Website: www .goducks .com Website: www .unlvrebels .com Website: www .GoLobos .com Website: byucougars .com
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Newspapers Ogden Standard Examiner Television Radio P .O . Box 12790 Salt Lake Tribune Ogden, UT 84412 KUTV-2 (CBS) KALL 700 AM 90 S . 400 W . Phone: (801) 625-4200 299 S . Main, Suite 150 515 S . 700 E . Suite 2R Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Fax: (801) 625-4299 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Phone: (801) 257-8900 Phone: (801) 973-5435/3030/3167 Phone: (801) 532-1011/596-4115 Email: sports@sltrib com. Provo Daily Herald Creighton McEwen, sports producer Bill Riley, program director Michael Anastasi, Managing Editor P .O . Box 717 for Sports Provo, UT 84603 KTVX-4 (ABC) KFAN 1320 Joe Baird, sports editor Phone: (801) 344-2540 2175 W . 1700 S . 434 Bearcat Drive Lya Wodraska, beat writer Fax: (801) 344-2985 Salt Lake City, UT 84104 Salt Lake City, UT 84115 (lwodraska@sltrib com). Phone: (801) 975-4427/4428/4429 Phone: (801) 485-6700 Kurt Kragthorpe, sports columnist Logan Herald Journal Wes Ruff, sports director Scott Garrard, program director Gordon Monson, sports columnist 75 W . 300 N . Logan, UT 84321 KSL-5 (NBC) KZN 1280 the Zone Deseret News Phone: (435) 752-2121 Broadcast House 515 S . 700 E #1C 30 E . 100 S . Fax: (435) 753-6642 55 N . 300 W . Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Salt Lake City, UT 84110 Salt Lake City, UT 84180 Phone: (801) 328-1280 Phone: (801) 237-2161 Wire Services Phone: (801) 575-5535/5593 Jake Scott, program director Email: sports@desnews .com Tom Kirkland, sports director Kent Condon, sport editor Associated Press KSL 1160 News Radio Dirk Facer, beat writer 30 E . 100 S ., Suite 200 KSTU-13 (FOX) Broadcast House (dirk@desnews com). Salt Lake City, UT 84110 5020 Amelia Earhart Dr . 55 N . 300 W . Brad Rock, sports columnist Phone: (801) 322-3405 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Salt Lake City, UT 84180 Doug Alden, sports editor Phone: (801) 536-1395/1371 Phone: (801) 575-6397 Daily Utah Chronicle Rick Aaron, sports director Cleon Wall, sports director 200 S . Central Campus Dr ., Room 240 University of Utah KJZZ-14 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 5181 W . Amelia Earhart Dr . Phone: (801) 581-6397 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Email: sports@chronicle .utah .edu Phone: (801) 537-1414 Paige Fieldsted, sports editor Jeremy Castro, sports director ([email protected])
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Utah Sports Utah Sports Kall 700 Broadcast Team Radio Network Television Network Mike Lageschulte, Director of Broadcasting University of Utah Athletics Department KALL 700 Sports Radio has been the radio ABC-4 in Salt Lake City begins its third 1825 E . South Campus Dr ., Front home to University of Utah athletics since year as the flagship station for the Utah Sports Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0900 1951. KALL, which has a 50,000-watt daytime Television Network. The Utah Sports Television Phone: (801) 587-9162 signal, is one of two stations in the Utah Sports Network is managed by Utah Sports Properties Cell: (801) 557-2322 Network. The other is KOAL 750 AM in Price. (USP), under the direction of Andy Waters. Email: mlages@huntsman .utah .edu All of Utah’s games on KALL can also be heard As Utah’s television partner, ABC-4 has live on the Internet at kall700sports.com. rights to the weekly television Coach’s Show, Managing the radio network is Utah Sports which airs Sunday nights at 10:30 p.m. MT Properties, a division of CBS Collegiate Sports during the regular season. Ute programming is Properties. Utah Sports Properties (USP) is in its also broadcast on ABC-4 affiliates CW30 and The third year as the multi-media rights partner for Hive, and is rebroadcast on the Mtn. and Utah Athletics. USP brokered the most recent UtahUtes.com. contract extension with KALL and Utah athletics ABC-4 sports director Wesley Ruff, sports – a five-year agreement signed in April of 2007. reporter Kent Rupe and sports anchor Dana Handling the play by play for the Ute Greene serve as hosts. Mike Lageschulte Frank Dolce football broadcasts is Mike Lageschulte, who is
M EDIA INFOR ATION Play by Play Analyst in his third year as the “Voice of the Utes.” He also calls the action for the Runnin’ Ute men’s basketball team. Lageschulte is joined in the booth by former Ute quarterback Frank Dolce, now in his 17th season as the color analyst. Reporting from the sidelines for a 10th year is former Ute defensive back Sharrieff Shah. Highlighting KALL’s game-day coverage are 60 minute pre- and post-game shows that Sharrieff Shah include live interviews with players and coaches Sideline Reporter and expert analysis. The Kyle Whittingham Show, hosted by Abc-4 Broadcast Team Lageschulte, airs on KALL 700 Sports Radio every Thursday during the regular season. The Wesley Ruff, Sports Director show is broadcast live from 7-8 p.m. MT. Utah Utes on the Web KTVX-4 2175 West 1700 South The latest on all University of Utah sports Salt Lake City, UT 84104 teams can be found 24 hours a day, 365 days a Phone: (801) 975-4427/4428/4429 year online. Information on upcoming games, recaps, statistics, rosters, schedules and results, media guides and a large selection of video and audio offerings are available at UtahUtes.com. Here’s how you can follow the Utes:
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he CBS College Sports T Network is in its fourth CBS College Sports year as the television partner of • Owned by CBS Corporation the Mountain West Conference. • Acronym is CBS C The MWC television package is • Exclusive television broadcasting available in local, regional and and online rights to MWC sports national markets through The • Replaced CSTV, which was MountainWest Sports Network acquired by CBS in Jan . 2006 M EDIA INFOR ATION • CBS C was launched in Feb . (The Mtn.), CBS C and VERSUS. 2008 The Mtn. is the nation’s original sports network dedicated to an The Mtn. intercollegiate athletics conference. Co- • Co-owned by CBS C and owned by CBS College Sports Network Comcast and Comcast Corporation, The Mtn. has • The nation’s original regional been available to cable subscribers in sports network dedicated to a the MWC footprint since it first aired in college athletics conference 2006-07, and has been part of DirecTV’s • Coverage of all 19 MWC national satellite package since 2008. sponsored sports Comcast is the largest cable provider and • Airs 24 hours a day, seven days a DirecTV the largest satellite television week service provider in the nation. Together, the three networks provide blanket coverage of MWC VERSUS athletics—in the case of The Mtn., 24 Bill Doleman (left) and Marius Payton (right) are the primary anchors of • Owned by Comcast Corporation hours a day, seven days a week. The Mtn.’s studio shows. • Home to the MWC, Big 12, Pac-10, Tour de France, NHL, America’s Cup and more
DIRECTV • Nation’s leading satellite television service provider • Launched The Mtn . on Ch . 616 in Aug . 2008 • The Mtn is available on DIRECTV CHOICE in the MWC footprint The Mtn . is available to the rest of the nation with a subscription to DIRECTV’s Sportspack
The Mtn.’s studios are located in Denver, Colo. In addition to the network’s extensive game coverage, The Mtn. produces highlight shows and numer- ous weekly programs highlighting the Mountain West Conference.
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M EDIA INFOR ATION Utah Competition Venues
• Rice-Eccles Stadium (football) • Huntsman Center (basketball, gymnastics) • Eccles Tennis Center • Ute Natatorium (swimming, diving) • Crimson Court (volleyball) • Ute Soccer Field • Spring Mobile Ballpark (baseball) • Ute Softball Field
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