Katrina McCormack - Associate AD/Communications (Football, M/W-Tennis and Spirit) - Staff Directory

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Katrina McCormack

Title:
Associate AD/Communications (Football, M/W-Tennis and Spirit)
Email:
Phone:
561-251-5588

Katrina McCormack came to Florida Atlantic University in July of 1991 with the responsibility of a one-person NCAA Division II department that handled all media relations activity for 14 sports. Since that time, FAU has moved to Division I, joined the Atlantic Sun Conference, moved to the Sun Belt Conference, Conference USA, then to the American Athletic Conference and now covers 21 intercollegiate teams, including football.

The Communications office has also grown to encompass nearly 15 full and part-time staff members. While McCormack primarily works with football, she also writes for several on-campus magazines and oversees the implementation of the website as well as the day-to-day functions of the communication office. She has also assisted with the FAU broadcasts both radio and television which has now grown to include ESPN+ productions.

She has enjoyed working NCAA Championship events for volleyball, softball, baseball, the national men's soccer championship, women's basketball, women's tennis, men's basketball, including the round of 16, and with FAU at the 2023 Final Four and served as media coordinator for the 2003 Division I-AA Football Semi-Final Championship and served as FAU's media liaison at four bowl games as well as assisting with the annual Boca Raton Bowl. McCormack spent the summer of 1996 working at the Olympics. And, she has worked special events at FAU, specifically with the media, such as the 2008 Republican Debates, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's visit to FAU and most recently an address by President Barack Obama.

Prior to coming to FAU, the Florida native, worked two years as the sports information director for the Sunshine State Conference. Her first year working in the field of sports information was as an intern at Austin Peay State University, fulfilling a one-year mentorship requirement by the United States Sports Academy, where she obtained a Master's degree.

McCormack's undergraduate work was at Florida Southern College, where she was a member of a nationally ranked softball team, a team that appeared in three NCAA Regionals and one World Series during her four-year tenure. She graduated in 1988 with a degree in communications. McCormack resides in Boca Raton with her husband John, who is Florida Atlantic's head baseball coach. The couple have two sons Conor and Shane.