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2011-12 ECAC-SIDA Executive Board
The Publicity Director of the New England Football Conference
since 1999, Crosley served as Director of Sports Information and
Communications at MIT from 1986 through March, 2003. From 1995-1997
the role of Intercollegiate Scheduling Coordinator for MIT's 42
intercollegiate sports was added to his responsibilities.
For the duration of its existence, Crosley was the
Secretary/Treasurer for the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference.
He also served five years as the ECFC Information Director.
Additionally, Crosley is a member of the Executive Board of the
Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation
and College Football Hall of Fame, a member of the Division III
Football All-America selection committee, and the New England
Football Writers All-New England Division II/III Football Team
selection committee chair. In 1999 he was awarded the Elmore
"Scoop" Hudgens Award by the All-American Football Foundation for
lifetime contributions to college football.
Crosley nominated 83 College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americas, and coordinated nominations
for 24 National Collegiate Athletic Association Postgraduate
Scholarship winners.
Crosley has served as Eastern College Athletic Conference - Sports
Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA) Treasurer since 1987.
In 1997 he was named the winner of the Irving T. Marsh Award given
by ECAC-SIDA for dedication and contributions to, and excellence
in, the field of collegiate sports information. In 2010 he was
recognized by CoSIDA with inclusion in that organization’s
Hall of Fame.
In 2009, Crosley was the recipient of the Mastersports Jack
Grinold SID/Media Award for contributions to college football as an
SID/media member. In 2010 Crosley succeeded Grinold as the
Executive Director of the Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts
Chapter of the National Football Foundation and college Hall of
Fame.
The first information director for the New England Intercollegiate
Golf Association, Crosley held the post for five years. He has also
served as publicist for the New England Women's Basketball
Association.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of "Athletic Management"
magazine, and was a statistician for the Boston Blazers of the
Major Indoor Lacrosse League. Crosley is a co-founder of the
Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the Lacrosse Foundation.
A 1974 graduate of Homer (NY) High School, Crosley received a B.S.
in 1978 from SUNY College at Brockport, and earned a masters degree
in television/radio/film from Syracuse University. He spent a year
at WATS/WAVR Broadcasting in Sayre, PA, as News, Sports and Public
Affairs Director.
Crosley instructed video and radio production, and public speaking
at SUNY College at Cortland, followed by four years as an assistant
professor of Communication Arts and sports information director at
Dean Junior College in Franklin, Massachusetts. While at Dean,
Crosley twice won National Junior College Athletic Association
first place awards for seasonal media guides.
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