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Randy Burnside was named Marshall University's Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations in October of 2003, after six years of service in the sports information office.
He serves as the primary contact and publicist for Marshall's nationally prominent football program. He also serves as editor of Marshall University's football and basketball game programs.
Burnside, a native of Hometown, W.Va., started working in the Marshall Sports Information Office in 1998-99 as a student assistant working with women's soccer, men's golf, track & field, and football game programs. Shortly thereafter he took on a graduate assistant position, before being promoted to associate sports information director where he has served as primary contact and publicist for women's and men's basketball.
During his tenure at Marshall, he has played a key role in the promotion of Heisman trophy candidates Chad Pennington and Byron Leftwich, in addition to All-America basketball players J.R. VanHoose and Tamar Slay. Burnside also oversaw the promotion of Marshall's Johnathan Goddard in 2004 that helped the defensive end finish as a finalist for the Nagurski Trophy and earn first-team All-America honors.
Burnside has worked several events including Motor City Bowls, the 2001 GMAC Bowl, and multiple Mid-American Conference Football Championship games. He also worked the 2000 NCAA Division II Men's basketball regional at the University of Charleston.
In addition to this, he has served as media coordinator and statistician at six major intercollegiate golf tournaments, four Marshall Invitationals and two El Diablo Intercollegiates.
Burnside is a member of CoSIDA (The College Sports Information Directors of America), the National Sports Writers and Sportscasters Association, the West Virginia Sports Writers Association, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, the Collegiate Football Writers Association and the National Basketball Writers Association.
A 1995 graduate of Poca High School, he earned a B.A. in broadcast journalism from Marshall in 1999 and a M.S. in athletic administration from Marshall in 2001.
He is married to the former Michele McKnight of Scott Depot, W.Va. Michele is a 1999 and 2003 Marshall graduate. The couple has one son, Braden, who was born in June of 2006.