Dennis Switzer

Dennis Switzer serves as the Senior Director of Athletic Communications and Social Media for Benedict College. He joined Benedict College as Assistant Sports Information Director in 2011, and was promoted to Sports Information Director in 2012, before being named Senior Director in 2022.
During his time at Benedict, Switzer also served as Interim Director of Compliance for two years.
He oversees all aspects of athletic communications and social media for the athletic department. He maintains the athletic website, writes game stories and press releases, takes photos and compiles statistics and monitors and updates the athletic department’s social media accounts.
During his time at Benedict, Switzer has been recognized as the Employee of the Year for the Benedict Athletic Department, as well as Outstanding Support Staff Member of the Year for the entire college for the 2013-14 school year. He was recognized with a "Best of BC" award for exceptional service and loyalty in October, 2017.
Switzer came to Benedict after serving as Director of Sports Administration and Information at the South Atlantic Conference for 11 years.
Switzer’s conference publications received several honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America.
He served as the national coordinator for the CoSIDA writing contest for four years and received two writing awards.
Prior to the South Atlantic Conference, Switzer was a sports writer for 15 years with The Herald in Rock Hill, where he was the paper’s beat writer for the Charlotte Hornets and won a pair of awards from the South Carolina Press Association.
A native of Murrells Inlet, S.C., Switzer is a 1984 graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Switzer and his wife, Nancy, have two daughters, Lauren and Krista, and welcomed their first grandchild in 2025.