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PROUDLY THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Table Of Contents American Athletic Conference Football ..................................2 Commissioner Mike Aresco .......................................................3 15 Park Row West • Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Conference Staff .......................................................................4-7 Switchboard - 401.244-3278 • Communications - 401.453.0660 Future Membership .....................................................................8 www.TheAmerican.org Bowl Championship Series ........................................................9 American Bowl Lineup ..............................................................10 American Athletic Conference Staff National Bowl Calendar ............................................................11 Commissioner ......................................................................................................................Mike Aresco American Athletic Conference Notebook ........................12-13 Senior Associate Commissioner (Football & Marketing) ................................ Nick Carparelli, Jr. Officiating Performance Standards ........................................14 Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) .......................................Donna DeMarco Egan Senior Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ..................................................Paul Brazeau Instant Replay .............................................................................15 Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) ....................... Tom Odjakjian The American On Television ...............................................16-17 Chief Financial Officer .........................................................................................................John Larson 2013 Nonconference Opponents........................................18-20 Associate Commissioner (Compliance and SWA Liaison) ...............................Jennifer Condaras Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ................................................Danielle Donehew Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports) ...............................................................James Siedliski The Teams Assistant Commissioner (Women’s Basketball Officiating) ..................................Barbara Jacobs UCF Knights ............................................................................21-26 Senior Director of Digital Media ....................................................................................Mark Hodgkin School Quick Facts .............................................................21 Director of Business Affairs ..................................................................................................Sue Eaton Storylines & Schedule .......................................................22 Director of Communications .............................................................................................Sara Naggar Director of Communications ......................................................................................... Chuck Sullivan Coaching Staff .....................................................................23 Director of Compliance ................................................................................................... Kenny Schank Coaching Records ..............................................................24 Director of Football & Video Administration ...............................................................Michael Costa 2012 Statistics & Results ...................................................25 Director of Men’s Basketball Operations .................................................................. Shawn Murphy Director of Sport Administration ................................................................................... Kristen Brown Year-By-Year Results .........................................................26 Director of Sport Administration ............................................................................... Bobby Weygand Cincinnati Bearcats ..............................................................27-32 Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling .............................................................Michael Coyne UConn Huskies ......................................................................33-38 Assistant Director of Sport Administration ................................................................ Patrick Colbert Houston Cougars ..................................................................39-44 Coordinator of Football Officiating ............................................................................... Terry McAulay Branding and Event Coordinator ......................................................................Catherine Carmignani Louisville Cardinals ...............................................................45-50 Digital Communications Coordinator............................................................................... Jamie Corun Memphis Tigers .....................................................................51-56 Assistant to the Commissioner .....................................................................................Lisa Zanecchia Rutgers Scarlet Knights .......................................................57-62 Executive Administrative Assistant ..................................................................................Lois DeBlois USF Bulls ................................................................................63-68 Administrative Assistant ................................................................................................. Wanda Factor Administrative Assistant ...................................................................................................... Linda Yates SMU Mustangs .....................................................................69-74 Receptionist .................................................................................................................Kathy Kirkpatrick Temple Owls...........................................................................75-80 Communications Assistant ...............................................................................................Megan Erbes Communications Assistant .................................................................................................Jordan Ozer Digital Network Assistant .................................................................................................Allison White American Athletic Confrence Almanac Series Results ........................................................................82-84 Credits National Award Winners .....................................................85-89 Editor: Chuck Sullivan All-Time Polls .......................................................................90-100 All-Time Bowl Appearances ..................................................101 Editorial Assistance: Sara Naggar, Megan Erbes, Jordan Ozer Composite Bowl Won-Loss Records ....................................102 Printing: Charles Guillette - Colonial Lithograph, Inc. National Bowl Results ......................................................103-107 Attleboro, Mass. Photography: Ben Solomon, Associated Press, J. Meric, Bruce American Athletic Conference Media Services ................ 108 Schwartzman and member school communications Media Relations Directory .....................................................IBC offices. Cover photo by Ben Solomon. Special Thanks: The American Athletic Conference would like to thank the athletics commu- nications departments of its member schools for their valuable assistance and cooperation in producing this publication. 2013 American Athletic Conference Football • 1 THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Not entirely unlike the which will give the conference unprecedented tion of American teams after the conference’s nation that provides its national exposure. The football portion of the BCS representative is determined. The Atlantic namesake, the American contract, which begins in the 2014 season, Coast Conference will provide the opposition Athletic Conference calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-con- for the Russell Athletic Bowl, which is played in was born from an ideal trolled games on national broadcast or national Orlando, Fla. in which members with cable platforms. The first American Athletic The American also is a partner with the ambitious goals are pro- Conference Football Championship, which will Belk Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. Played in Bank of vided with the means to be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC America Stadium, the Belk Bowl will select its succeed in their quests or ESPN on Championship Saturday. American Athletic Conference participant after for excellence. In men’s basketball, the new television deal the Russell Athletic Bowl with the ACC again With roots that extend calls for all conference-controlled games to providing the opponent. to three conferences, be televised, with more than 63 percent slot- The American and the Big 12 conferences the American Athletic Conference member- ted for national broadcast or national cable partner for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at ship in 2013 – its debut season – consists of 10 – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postsea- Yankee Stadium in New York City. In the event institutions: the University of Central Florida, son tournament will be televised, including the that the Big 12 is unable