Résumé

Ryan Cullinane

Résumé

Award-winning sports information director with nearly six years across three SEC programs — elevating every team I represent through media access, storytelling, and audience growth, while constantly evolving with the platforms and trends that shape how fans follow their teams.

rycully@gmail.com · LinkedIn · X · Columbia, Mo.

Experience


Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

Mizzou Athletics · Columbia, Mo. · July 2024 – Present

  • Primary media contact for women’s gymnastics, track & field/cross country and women’s soccer.
  • Earned College Gym News SID of the Year honors for 2026 for elevating Mizzou gymnastics into one of the most media-friendly programs in the country.
  • Led communications for the 2025 NCAA gymnastics season — the program’s first NCAA Championship Final berth, first individual national champion, and best finish by a Mizzou women’s sport.
  • Primary media contact for the nationally televised 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championship, and for gymnastics meets on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU and SEC Network.
  • Administer @MizzouAthletics social accounts across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok; launched Mizzou Athletics’ and Mizzou Soccer’s TikTok accounts.

Sports Communications Graduate Assistant

University of Georgia Athletic Association · Athens, Ga. · August 2022 – June 2024

  • Primary contact for men’s tennis (2022–24), overseeing media during the 2023 SEC regular-season title run and NCAA quarterfinal run, and for men’s golf (2023–24) through a season highlighted by multiple SEC weekly awards.
  • Worked events across football, volleyball, track & field, swim & dive, basketball, gymnastics, tennis, golf, softball and soccer.
  • Created media guides, match notes and original social content for men’s tennis, golf and multiple other sports.
  • Supported Georgia football media operations, including press conferences, player/coach escorts and postgame availability.

Communication & Public Relations Student Assistant

University of Kentucky Athletics · Lexington, Ky. · April 2021 – July 2022

  • Primary contact for men’s tennis during the 2022 season, when the team finished as NCAA Championship runner-up for the first time in program history — helping produce All-SEC selections, two ITA All-Americans and an SEC Player of the Week.
  • Worked events for men’s and women’s basketball and soccer, volleyball, football and gymnastics.
  • Assisted in running NCAA Tournament events hosted on campus for men’s soccer and volleyball.

Communications Intern

Nashville Predators (NHL) · Nashville, Tenn. · May 2021 – August 2021

  • Handled game-night media responsibilities for three 2021 Stanley Cup Playoff games at Bridgestone Arena.
  • Maintained the team’s statistical database and edited NashvillePredators.com and BridgestoneArena.com; contributed to the 2021–22 team media guide.

Education

M.S., Sport Management & Policy
University of Georgia, 2024

B.A., Communication
University of Kentucky, 2022 — minors in Coaching & Journalism

Skills & Tools

WMT · SideArm Sports · Genius Sports · Virtius · Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Lightroom · Meta Business Suite · CapCut · WSC Sports · social media growth · analytics-driven social strategy · AI utilization

Social growth

Instagram follower growth across accounts I’ve managed:

+92.1% UGA Men’s Tennis · +82.7% Mizzou Track & Field · +56.7% UK Men’s Tennis · +42.8% Mizzou Soccer · +39.4% Mizzou Gymnastics · +30.3% UGA Golf · +26.2% Mizzou Athletics