CSC Leadership Opportunities
Listings for leadership positions that will be coming open within CSC.
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Get involved with CSC
Want to take your CSC membership to the next level? Member volunteers are the heartbeat of many CSC programs that exist to provide advocacy, education, recognition, networking and community for our membership and profession.
Opportunities to serve exist year-round at these levels:
- Executive Board of Directors
- Advisory Council
- Divisional Cabinets
- Committee Leadership
- Committee member
- Occasional stand-alone micro opportunities
CSC members are encouraged to reach out at any time to any member of CSC leadership to inquire more about opportunities to get involved. This page will list many of the current opportunities.
CSC Executive Board of Directors and Divisional leadership positions
Listed below are positions scheduled to be open leading into the 2027-28 academic year.
Description: Applications for CSC 3rd Vice President will open in Spring 2027.
Term: Third Vice President: 5 years (one year each as 3rd Vice President, 2nd Vice President, 1st Vice President, President, Past President)
Time commitment: Monthly Executive Board of Directors virtual conferences take place throughout the year. Executive Board members meet in person with national staff in January, at the CSC Unite annual convention in June, and at a designated location for a late summer meeting typically held in late July or early August. Other travel may be requested by the Executive Director or the CSC President, based on availability, to represent CSC at various events.
How to apply: Applications will open for eligible CSC members beginning in March 2027, and must be submitted via a form available at CollegeSportsCommunicators.com. Applications will close at an announced date in mid-April.
Process: In late April of 2027, applications for the 3rd Vice President position will be reviewed by the CSC Nominating Committee, which is comprised of past presidents and those whose board positions will end in June 2027. Candidates may be requested to participate in a Zoom interview with the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee then will present a proposed slate of Board members for 2027-28 to the Executive Board of Directors in mid-May, with a membership vote to be held during the association’s annual online business meeting in late May.
Contacts:
Past President Patrick Crawford – Purdue University
Jason Yaman – CSC Executive Director
Description: Applications for CSC Executive Board of Directors - College Division Representative will open in Spring 2027.
Term: College Division Representative: 2 years
Time commitment: Monthly Executive Board of Directors virtual conferences take place throughout the year. Executive Board members meet in person with national staff in January, at the CSC Unite annual convention in June, and at a designated location for a late summer meeting typically held in late July or early August. Other travel may be requested by the Executive Director or the CSC President, based on availability, to represent CSC at various events.
How to apply: Applications will open for eligible CSC members beginning in March 2027, and must be submitted via a form available at CollegeSportsCommunicators.com. Applications will close at an announced date in mid-April.
Process: In late April of 2027, applications for the College Division Representative position will be reviewed by the CSC Nominating Committee, which is comprised of past presidents and those whose board positions will end in June 2027. Candidates may be requested to participate in a Zoom interview with the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee then will present a proposed slate of Board members for 2027-28 to the Executive Board of Directors in mid-May, with a membership vote to be held during the association’s annual online business meeting in late May.
Contacts:Past President Patrick Crawford – Purdue University
Jason Yaman – CSC Executive Director
Current open CSC committee positions and other opportunities
If you are interested in getting involved and don't see something here, reach out to the CSC staff with your interest to be involved.
Description: CSC members are needed to service as contest coordinators for one or more contests in the 2025-26 CSC Creative & Digital Design Contest. Coordinators are tasked with recruiting three judges (one can be yourself) to score all entries submitted for a category within the contest fostering an environment of fairness and non-bias in the scoring.
Time commitment: Typical contests categories require 1-3 hours of work. Attend committee planning meetings (up to 1 hour each).
Contacts:
Committee Chair Patrick Murphy – Colorado School of Mines
Staff liaison Beau White – CSC Director of Communications and Brand Strategy