2019-20 Visiting Team Guide On behalf of Eastern Kentucky University, CONTACT INFORMATION (Area Code: 859) welcome to Richmond. The Colonel Community – coaches, staff and student-athletes – is dedicat- Director of Athletics ................Stephen Lochmueller ed to providing your team a fi rst-class experience [email protected] .......................622-2120 during your visit. Sr. Associate Athletics Director .........James Downer If our staff can be of assistance, please don’t [email protected] ....622-2358 (c-405-416-3727) hesitate to ask. Associate Athletics Director ...............Mark Howard [email protected] ............622-8422 (c-893-5350) Stephen Lochmueller Assistant AD Communications ...........Kevin Britton Director of Athletics [email protected] ...................................622-2006 Asst. AD Business Operations ..............Dusty Ridner [email protected] ...................................622-2368 Ticket Manager ...................................... Grant Stepp [email protected] ......................................622-2122 QUICK FACTS Asst. AD Marketing/SWA ......................Rachel Park President: ................................Dr. Michael Benson [email protected] ..................................... 622-2039 Location: ............................. Richmond, KY 40475 Asst. AD Sports Medicine .......................Jeff Carrico Enrollment: ..................................................15,816 jeff [email protected] .................................622-2140 Founded: .........................................................1906 Cheerleading Coach ......................Chelsea Hamilton Colors: ....................Maroon (PMS 209) and White [email protected] ........................................... Conference: ......................................... Ohio Valley Dance Team Coach .............................Bettina Rogers Athletics Web Site: ..............www.EKUSports.com [email protected] ..........................606-682-3241 University Web Site: ......................www.EKU.edu Campus Police .............................................. 622-2821 Fax Numbers University Mission Statement Director of Athletics .......................................622-8012 As a school of opportunity, Eastern Ken- EKUSports Communications .........................622-5180 tucky University fosters personal growth and Sports Medicine ............................................. 622-8857 prepares students to contribute to the success and vitality of their communities, the Commonwealth, and the world. Eastern Kentucky University is committed to access, equal opportunity, dignity, respect, and inclusion for all people, as integral to a learning environment in which intellectual creativity and For a complete listing of the athletics diversity thrives. department staff , including coaches, please visit: www.EKUSports.com Athletics Mission Statement A proud member of the community and region, EKU Athletics is committed to fostering the academic, athletic, and personal success of student-athletes through graduation, thus helping ensure their success in life. FACILITIES and Directors of Athletics to attend events. Parking Alumni Coliseum ..............m/w basketball, volleyball passes and game credentials will be distributed in a Arlington Country Club ............................... m/w golf timely manner before the contest. Turkey Hughes Field at Earle Combs Stadium .....baseball Gertrude Hood Field .......................................softball MEDIA RELATIONS EKU Soccer Field .............................................soccer Credential requests should be made in an Roy Kidd Stadium.......................................... football appropriate time frame before the event. Visiting Samuels Complex .....................m/w track & fi eld, xc media relations directors should call or email the EKUSports Communications offi ce with special LOCKER ROOMS requests and broadcast questions. A space for the A locker room will be provided for every visiting media relations director will be available at visiting team. Please call or email the appropriate all events. coaching staff for details and location. Please note, EKU does not provide towels to visiting teams. Ice TICKET OFFICE will be provided for each locker room. Please contact the EKU Ticket Offi ce and ticket manager Grant Stepp to inquire about ticket al- PRACTICE TIMES lotments for a particular event. EKU sells tickets for Arrangements for practice times should be football, and men’s and women’s basketball, baseball made with the designated coaching staff . EKU can and softball. help with information for off -campus practice facili- ties should that be desired. BUS/VAN PARKING A member of the athletics department staff GAMEDAY INFORMATION will be available to direct your mode of transporta- Eastern Kentucky University will wear white tion when you arrive at the event. uniforms for most home events, except football which wears maroon and select baseball and softball games. STREET CLOSURE Please confi rm uniform selections with appropriate From two hours and 15 minutes (2:15) before coaching staff . the start of home football games, and 30 minutes An athletics department staff member or after the conclusion of home football games, Roy representative from the EKU coaching staff will be and Sue Kidd Way will be closed to vehicle traffi c on-site to direct you to the lockerroom and the com- from Van Hoose Drive to the Eastern Bypass. For petition site. Thursday games, the street will close one hour prior to kickoff . Visiting team busses must arrive before TIMELINE before the street closes, two hours and 15 minutes A timeline detailing the pre-game schedule before the game time. will be posted in your locker room. THE ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITIES VISITING SPIRIT GROUPS The Sports Medicine rooms open two hours prior EKU Athletics welcomes visiting spirit groups to the event. A certifi ed athletic trainer will be present to accompany their team. Please call or email Rachel at all athletics contests. Please contact the EKU Sports Park, Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing, if Medicine staff if your team will not travel with an athletic any of your spirit groups plan to attend the game. trainer. TAILGATING AT EKU Visiting athletics departments are provided space for pre-game festivities. If you want to conduct a pre-game event, please call or email Grant Stepp. VISITING PRESIDENT/AD EKU Athletics welcomes visiting Presidents IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS (area code: 859) DIRECTIONS TO dial 9 to get off campus EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Emergency: .......................................................... 911 Alumni Coliseum Training Room ...............622-8174 From Cincinnati, Ohio Moberly Athletic Training Room: ...............622-2140 Take I-75 South to Lexington, I-75 / I-64 (approximately 8 miles) to I-75 / I-64 split. Continue South FOOD AND OTHER SERVICES on I-75 Richmond / Knoxville. Travel approximately 22 miles to Richmond and depart interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and POST-GAME MEALS cross over the interstate heading East on the Eastern Bypass Apollo Pizza .........................................859-623-0330 for one mile and you will see the main EKU campus on the McDonald’s ..........................................859-623-1428 left. Sonny’s BBQ ....................................... 859-624-4499 Gillum’s Sports Lounge .......................859-623-2335 From Louisville, Kentucky Golden Corral .......................................859-661-4456 Take I-64 East to Lexington, I-75 / I-64 (approximately 8 Jackson’s .............................................. 859-623-2090 miles) to I-75 / I-64 split. Continue South on I-75 Rich- Raising Cane’s ..................................... 859-353-8886 mond / Knoxville. Travel approximately 22 miles to Rich- Zaxby’s ................................................859-624-9722 mond and depart interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and cross over the inter- state heading East on the Eastern Bypass for one mile and AREA HOTELS you will see the main EKU campus on the left. Comfort Suites ..................................... 859-624-0770 approx. 5 minutes from campus From Huntington, West Virginia Hampton Inn ........................................ 859-626-1002 Take I-64 West for 104 miles to exit #96 (Fort Boonesbor- approx. 5 minutes from campus ough S. P.) and remain on State Highway 627 until inter- Best Western Lexington South .............859-263-5241 secting I-75 at exit #95 (will save 20 minutes road time). full service .......approx. 20 minutes from campus Travel approximately 7 miles to Richmond and depart Holiday Inn Express .............................859-624-4055 interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and approx. 5 minutes from campus cross over the interstate heading East on the Eastern Bypass TownePlace Suites ............................... 859-353-4860 for one mile and you will see the main EKU campus on the approx. 5 minutes from campus left. From Lexington, Kentucky AREA ATTRACTIONS Take I-75 South and travel approximately 22 miles to Rich- Richmond Centre ............... shoprichmondcentre.com mond and depart interstate at exit #87 Battlefi eld Golf Course ........................ 859-624-8005 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and cross over the inter- The Bull Golf Course ...........................859-623-4653 state heading East on the Eastern Bypass for one mile and Fort Boonesborough State Park ........... 859-527-3131