Seth Montgomery was announced as the Associate Athletic Director for Communications and Digital Content in the fall of 2021.
Montgomery will oversee the overall management, operations and performance evaluations of Athletic Communications while also ensuring Indiana State Athletics is meeting the communication goals of its 15 sponsored NCAA Division I sports.
During his tenure at Indiana State, the Sycamore social media platforms have seen increased growth across the board with multiple teams posting 25-30% gains in followers, interactions, and shares. He was the primary contact of Sycamore baseball's run to the 2023 Fort Worth Super Regional which featured over 3 million interactions to the team's accounts through video, graphics, and social media postings. His efforts led to promoting Connor Fenlong earning four All-American nods, while Grant Magill (catcher) received the second Gold Glove in program history.
The Sycamore communication and digital content efforts in the 2022-23 season led to the Indiana State Athletic Communications office being recognized as the Missouri Valley's SID Staff of the Year as honored by the conference office.
Prior to joining Indiana State Athletics, Montgomery worked at the Charleston Southern University as the Associate Athletic Director for Communication/Public Relations. Among his essential duties and responsibilities for the athletic department included serving on the Athletic Department’s Senior Staff Leadership, oversight of the media and public relations for the athletic department, and oversight of the broadcast and streaming productions. He also oversaw the game day and event operations from the media standpoint, as well as serving as the primary graphic designer for content and promotional items.
Montgomery oversaw the publicity efforts of the University’s NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports in addition to overseeing the athletic department’s website (CSUSports.com), social media accounts, press releases, and statistical records.
He also served as the Chair of the Big South Conference’s SID Committee, having been elected to the role in the summer of 2020 for a two-year term. Previously, he served as the conference’s Football SID Chair from 2017-2020.
During his tenure with the Buccaneers, he helped launch several new social media platforms working on a social media plan and development for the CSU athletic department. His graphic design efforts led to the CSU athletic department receiving SkullSparks FCS Visual Top 25 recognition in the 2016-17 athletic year as one of the top programs in the nation in graphic arts.
Montgomery was also influential in two different relaunches of the CSUSports.com website with the latest coming in 2019 as CSU joined the SIDEARM Sports family.
Montgomery joined the Buccaneers SID staff after four years at Brevard College where he served as the Athletic Media Relations Director (2008-12). He served as the primary media contact for all 18 of the Tornados athletic teams, as well as an alternate color commentator for BC football, basketball and baseball games. Montgomery also served as the host for Tornado Talk, BC's weekly morning radio sports show hosted by WSQL 1240 AM from 8:45-9 a.m., where he recapped the week's events with Brevard student-athletes, coaches, staff and Tornados fans.
Montgomery started working in Athletic Media Relations as a student-assistant at North Greenville University, where he worked with the football and baseball teams as both a statistician and radio color commentator.
He also served as the main media contact for the Spartanburg Stingers baseball team in the Coastal Plains League in 2007, serving as the statistician and radio alternate. Prior to joining the staff at Brevard, Montgomery worked as a media intern at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Golf Tournament at the Bay Hill Country Club in Orlando, Fla. in 2008.
He graduated magna cum laude in December of 2008 from North Greenville University with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management with a minor in Business Administration. He graduated with his MBA from Charleston Southern University in December of 2015.
