Media Information
The primary responsibility of the
Athletic Media & Public Relations office, which is located in
Room 151 of the Field House (145 Main Street, Durham, NH), is to
promote the 20 varsity sports at the University of New Hampshire.
Included in this responsibility is working with media members, the
promotion of student-athletes for academic and athletic awards (on
the conference, regional and national levels), press releases, the
production of media guides, game notes and programs, the
maintenance of (team and individual) statistics and the content of
the official UNH athletics website (www.unhwildcats.com) as well as
related social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
The office’s newest venture is UNH Wildcat Productions, which
provides video content for the website – live video streaming
of home games, game highlights and various features – as well
as produce televised games and Inside Wildcat Country, which is a
monthly televised magazine show.
UNH’s Athletic Media & Public Relations office consists
of a Director, two Associate Directors, two Assistant Directors and
a Video and Public Relations Assistant as well as a corps of
student workers. Tom Wilkins (Assumption ‘03) was elevated to
the position of Associate Athletic Director for Media & Public
Relations in July 2012 after serving as Assistant Director of
Athletic Media & Public Relations for two years. He had
rejoined the staff in summer 2007 as an office Associate Director
and held that title until being promoted; Wilkins initially worked
as an Athletic Media Relations Assistant at UNH in 2003-04.
The remainder of the full-time staff consists of associate
directors Doug Poole (UNH ‘93) and Mike Murphy (Syracuse
‘95), assistant directors Eric Peterson (Quinnipiac
‘10) and Alex Comeau (Husson College ‘11) as well as
video and public relations assistant Jared Fieldsend (Thomas
College ‘10). Poole joined the office in June 1997, Murphy
and Fieldsend started in summer 2010 followed by Peterson in spring
2011 and Comeau in spring 2012.
INTERVIEWS:
All requests for student-athlete or coach interviews, either in
person or via phone or e-mail, must be arranged by the New
Hampshire Athletic Media & Public Relations office. It is
office policy that phone numbers of student-athletes, coaches and
athletic department staff will not be given to media members.
Headshots and/or action photos on file are available upon request.
Please see the list below to contact the appropriate office
personnel with the corresponding sport. On game day, interviews
will be limited to postgame. Postgame interviews with requested
coaches and players will take place following the NCAA-mandated
10-minute cooling off period. UNH locker rooms are closed to the
media.
PRESS
CONFERENCES: The football and men’s ice
hockey teams hold a weekly press conference (Wednesday afternoons)
during their respective seasons. Please contact the Athletic Media
& Public Relations office at least 24 hours in advance to
request an interview with a specific student-athlete (or coach, if
other than the head coach).
MEDIA
GUIDES: The University of New Hampshire Athletic
Media & Public Relations Office produces electronic files of
media guides for its varsity sports and publishes them on the
official UNH athletics website (click here) to assist media members’ coverage
of Wildcats’ sports and make that information available to
all fans. Media guides for football and men’s ice hockey are
also available for purchase.
GAME
CREDENTIALS (print, photo, tv, radio,
film): Game credentials are required for media
members to attend UNH’s six ticketed sports – football,
men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and
women’s ice hockey and gymnastics; only accredited members of
the media will receive credentials for the aforementioned
sports’ home games. Media members must request a game
credential no less than 24 hours in advance of the game, and a
valid form of identification is required to pick up the credential.
Please see the list below to contact the appropriate office
personnel with the corresponding sport.
For UNH’s other 14 sports, media credentials are not issued
but it is requested that you contact a member of the Athletic Media
& Public Relations office to notify them of your attendance at
a home event so that all your needs are tended to. Please see the
list below to contact the appropriate office personnel with the
corresponding sport.
Photographers and videographers have restricted areas, depending
on the venue. Please consult with a member of the Athletics Media
& Public Relations office for acceptable locations from which
to photograph or shoot video.
Radio credentials will be limited to three people per affiliation.
The number of phone lines available to visiting teams is dependent
on the venue, so please request a phone line as early as possible
to ensure one is available. There are no line fees, but the cost of
the call in incurred by the radio station (arrangement for the
station to call the phone line is customary).
PRESS BOX GAME
SERVICES: Game notes and programs, as well as other
information sheets such as flip cards (football) and line charts
(hockey), are available in the press box prior to the start of each
UNH home game for ticketed sports. Halftime statistics will be
provided and complete box scores will be distributed following the
conclusion of the game at all home events.
WIRELESS
SERVICE: Wireless service is available in the press
box at most UNH athletics venues, as well as the Athletic Media
& Public Relations Office (Field House, Room 151). Media
members log into the system as a guest and complete the required
fields before gaining access to the wireless network. Staff members
of the Athletic Media & Public Relations staff will be
available to provide assistance.
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| Tom Wilkins | Doug Poole | Mike Murphy | Eric Peterson | Alex Comeau | Jared Fieldsend |
Tom Wilkins -- Men’s ice hockey
Phone: 603-862-0730
Email: tom.wilkins@unh.edu
Doug
Poole -- Women’s basketball, field hockey,
women’s lacrosse, football (secondary contact)
Phone: 603-862-2585
Email: doug.poole@unh.edu
Mike
Murphy -- Football, gymnastics, men’s &
women’s skiing
Phone: 603-862-3906
Email: mike.murphy@unh.edu
Eric
Peterson -- Men’s basketball, men’s and
women’s cross country, men’s and women’s track
& field, volleyball
Phone: 603-862-0717
Email: eric.peterson@unh.edu
Alex
Comeau -- Men’s soccer, women’s soccer,
women’s ice hockey, women’s swimming & diving
Phone: 603-862-3835
Email: alex.comeau@unh.edu
Jared
Fieldsend -- Video
Phone: 603-862-0730
Email: jared.fieldsend@unh.edu
