ADMINISTRATION ROBERT H. FOGLESONG University President West Virginia, 1968 LARRY TEMPLETON Director of Athletics Mississippi State, 1969 Doc Foglesong was born and raised in Mingo County, West Virginia. He s the son of a steam fitter on the railroad and a first-grade teacher. He attended West Virginia University and eventually earned his bachelor s, master s, and doctorate in chemical engineering and married his former English teacher Mary Thrasher Foglesong of Sistersville, West Virginia. Currently, Foglesong is the President of Mississippi State University a land-grant school of over 16,000 students committed to excellence in teaching, research, and service. His vision is for the university to be the most respected land-grant school in the Southeast. He also is President and Executive Director of the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, an organization committed to finding, mentoring, and developing young men and women who will be the next generation of leadership across Appalachia. Foglesong has been designated by the President of the United States as the Co-Chairman of the Joint US - Russia Commission on POWs/MIAs. He is also a Director on the Board of Massey Energy and a Director on the Board of the Michel Baker Corp. Foglesong previously was a four-star general in the United States Air Force. He flew fighters, was a senior leader in organizations equivalent to companies ranking 9th, 110th, and 430th on the Fortune 500 List, and worked directly with the most senior national leaders including congressional members, cabinet members, and heads of state. Foglesong received numerous awards for leadership. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has written more than 60 publications that cover a range of topics, and has an honorary Doctorate of Strategic Intelligence. He likes to run and collect slide rules and blow torches. Mississippi State Director of Athletics, Larry Templeton begins his 21st year at the head of the Bulldog sports program in 2007, and has competed for championships in every sport program. His department has operated in the black while expanding the program and drastically improving its facilities. He is the this longest-tenured AD in MSU history and the longest in the Southeastern Conference with 20 seasons under his belt. In the decade of the 90s virtually every State sport establish a bestever finish. The start of the new millennium has been no different, with MSU sports teams having qualified for postseason play 51 times during the past seven seasons; a school-record 12 did so in 2004-05. MSU s men s and women s athletes recorded the highest combined grade point average during the 2005-06 academic year. The early 1990s expansions and renovations of the Leo Seal M-Club Center, Shira Athletic Complex and the completion of the John H. Bryan Sr. Athletic Administration Building were fueled by Templeton. Permanent seating was implemented at the MSU Soccer Field, along with McCarthy Gymnasium being converted into an indoor tennis facility and expanded seating at Humphrey Coliseum. Additional chairbacks and 18 skyboxes at Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium and an expansion of Scott Field. The Holliman Athletic Center, Palmeiro Center and softball training facility were added in 2004-05. Templeton is married to the former Linda Jo Nichols. Their son, Brian, received his second degree (landscape architecture) at Mississippi State in May 2002. A second son, Stephen, received his doctorate from Mississippi State in August 2002, and daugther, Nici, is an attorney in Columbia, S.C. Granddaughters Ella Crace Comer and Addison McSwain Comer reside in Columbia, S.C. Doc Foglesong with the MSU 1940s Bi-Plane Larry Templeton has guided MSU s athletic department for over 20 years. 45
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ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS MEDIA SERVICE AND GUIDELINES MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF The 2008 Mississippi State University Men s Golf Media Guid has been specifically prepared to assist media members in their coverage of the Bulldogs. We hope that most of your information will be answered on the pages of this guide. However, should you need additional information or assistance, please contact the MSU Athletic Media Relations office (662-325-2703). The information on the following pages hould cover most media-related questins you have. We appreciate your coverage of Mississippi State University men s golf and look forward to working with you this season. Mike Nemeth Associate AD Media & Public Relations David Rosinski Associate Director Men s Basketball John R. Cade Assistant AD Media & Public Relations Cassie Chance Assistant Director Women s Basketball Results and Statistics Mississippi State s men s golf results, along with tournament recaps will be available on the MSU official athletic website (www.mstateathletics.com) following all tournaments. Statistics and notes may be obtained on the website. Please contact the MSU Media Relations office for more information. Information Policy Media interested in setting up interviews with head coach Clay Homan or with MSU golfers need to arrange them through Jan Blaine, located in the Bryan Athletic Administration Building, at (662) 325-0968. Requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance to ensure availability. MSU on the Internet Visit the official Mississippi State Athletics home page on the internet at www.mstateathletics.com. The site offers up-to-date information on all of MSU s 16 varsity sports, including schedules and results, player and coach biographies as well as the latest news from each of the MSU athletic programs. BOB HARTLEY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP Providing Graduate Assistant Opportunities to Young SID s BOB HARTLEY JAY MIDDLETON Joe Dier Assistant Director Baseball & Volleyball Anne Cooke Admin. Assistant Bryan Building Joe Galbraith Assistant Director Football Diane Keith Admin. Assistant Humphrey Coliseum For more than half a century Robert M. Bob Hartley dedicated his life s work to promoting Mississippi State athletics. From his hiring as the school s first sports publicity director in August 1946 to his initial reitrement as Assistant Athletic Director for communications in June 1985, through his later years as an invaluable consultant for the Mississippi State University Department of Athletics, the man we called Hart gave special meaning to the words, loyalty. Mr. Bob s lavors of love with MSU have not gone unrecognized. He has taken his place among college athletics greats as a member of both the university s and the state s sports halls of fame and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame. His willingness to generously give of his talent, time and friendship serves as an inspiration to the countless lives he touched and to those that aspire to follow in his footsteps. In that respect, the Bob Hartley Memorial Fellowship was created by the MSU Department of Athletics to provide graduate assistantship opportunities to young media realtions workers. Jay Middleton was selected as the sixth recipient of the Bob Hartley Memorial Fellowship for the 2006-07 academic year. A native of Tupelo, Miss., Middleton earned his bachelor s degree in communication. He served as a student assistant in the MSU athletic media relations for 5 years, in which he served as the primary contact for the men s tennis team and the women s golf team for the past 2 years. 60