American Athletic Conference
Nicholas Phillips currently serves as the Assistant Director of Digital Communications and Social Media for the American Athletic Conference since February 2018, where responsibilities include managing the conference's website, social media accounts, and video content distribution. Notable achievements include a significant increase in social media following and serving as the primary graphic content creator. Previously, Nicholas held positions such as Director of Athletic Media Relations at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Director of Athletic Media Communications at UNC Asheville, managing media-related activities and serving as the primary contact for multiple sports. Nicholas began a career in sports information at Louisiana State University Eunice and has experience in various roles related to media relations and journalism, including an early role as Editor-in-Chief of a student newspaper. Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication with a focus on Broadcasting and Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
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American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (The American), a member of the NCAA, was reconstituted in 2013. With the conference office in Irving, Texas, The American is comprised of the following institutions: UAB, Army West Point (in football only), Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, Navy (in football only), North Texas, Rice, South Florida, Temple, UTSA, Tulane, Tulsa and Wichita State (basketball and Olympic sports). Under the leadership of Commissioner Tim Pernetti, The American sponsors 20 sports (nine for men and 11 for women); is a member of the College Football Playoff; has television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports; in the spring of 2019, signed a landmark television agreement with ESPN that commenced in 2020-21; and has a marketing partnership with Learfield. For more information, please visit www.TheAmerican.org.