Colin Parker Named OVC Assistant Commissioner For Championships

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Colin Parker. Photo: Courtesy of the OVC

Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Commissioner Beth DeBauche has announced the hiring of Colin Parker as the Conference’s Assistant Commissioner for Championships. He will start his position in late August.

In his role, Parker will serve will oversee Conference championships and serve as the primary sport administrator for assigned sports, in addition to being the Assistant Tournament Director for the OVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. He will also serve as a liaison for coaches groups, oversee officiating programs for assign sports, and serve as the OVC’s primary contact for student-athlete participant gifts and awards, as well as managing the league’s merchandise sales program among other duties.

“Colin is a product of this Conference, knows the OVC well and came highly recommended,” says DeBauche. “We are excited to have him join our team in the Conference office.”

Parker comes to the OVC from Ohio Wesleyan University where he has served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Management since July 2021. At OWU he was responsible for the oversight of home events for 24 sports, as well as scheduling, maintaining and overseeing all athletic facilities, including the weight room and campus fitness center. Parker is in charge of hiring, training and supervising a staff of over 50 student workers.

Prior to Ohio Wesleyan, Parker served as a graduate assistant for athletic operations at Eastern Illinois University. He served as game-day administrator for the Panthers’ 20 NCAA Division I sports; hired, trained, and supervised a staff of more than 20 student workers; compiled schedules for multiple athletics facilities; and oversaw the setup, testing, and operation of replay, timing, and other technology for athletics events.

He also has experience with event administration with the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament and interned in stadium and event operations with the Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer.

Parker is a 2019 graduate of Eastern Illinois, majoring in kinesiology & sport studies: sport management and minoring in business administration. He also received his master’s degree in kinesiology, sport & recreation: sports administration from EIU in May 2021.

Parker, a native of Antioch, Illinois, and his wife, Ashley, were married in 2021.

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