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TingeyInterim Director of Athletics 208-282-4064 tingjeff@isu.edu Jeff Tingey enters his first full year as the Interim Director of Athletics for Idaho State University, taking over in March of 2007, and in a short amount of time, he has already shown a keen knack for marketing and fundraising, and he has overseen several job openings at Idaho State. He became the Interim Athletic Director after spending his first year as the Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Corporate Sales. As the Director of Athletics, Tingey will oversee all aspects of Idaho State's 15-sport athletic program, with specific tasks of raising Idaho State's profile both in the Big Sky Conference, the West, and within and throughout Southeast Idaho. Already in his short tenure, Tingey has overseen the final aspects of a budget recovery plan that saw Idaho State recover from a near $800,000 deficit to hit the black heading into the 2008-09 season. He has also increased ISU's marketing presence in the community, bringing in nearly $600,000 in corporate dollars to the athletic department, and expanding ISU's influence in the region. He also has improved athletic department communication with the implementation of a "Coaches Cabinet", and he has championed President Vailas' mantra of transparency as well. As the Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Corporate Sales, Tingey oversaw all Bengal Sport Properties and ISU's corporate partner program while providing leadership and oversight for marketing and promotions. In 2006-07, Tingey had spent year at Brigham Young, where he handled the marketing profile for football, coordinating game-day presentation, scripts, and pre and post-game activities for the football team. Jeff also oversaw the marketing profiles for men's volleyball, women's soccer, women's basketball, softball, golf, cross country, and track and field. Tingey also coordinated many athletic department special events and trade accounts. Jeff graduated from Weber State University, where he ran track for two years, from 2000-2002. While there, he worked as an intern in the Weber State marketing department, and was then hired as the Assistant Marketing Director after graduating, staying there for four years. While with the Wildcats, he was responsible for the marketing and promotions for women's soccer, volleyball, and basketball, and he also handled a variety of special events for the Wildcats, including the football tailgate party and Big Sky Conference Tournaments.
Tingey is a Pocatello native, having lettered in track and football at Highland High School. He then went to Ricks College where he played football and ran track before serving a two-year LDS Mission to Fresno, California. He and his wife Amber have a three-year old son, Ammon.
 Nancy
GrazianoAssociate Athletic Director for Student Support Services & Senior Woman Administrator 208-282-4668 graznanc@isu.edu Nancy Graziano enters her 18th year with the Idaho State University athletic department. After six years as an assistant women's basketball coach, Graziano assumed the duties of Director of Student Support, and has served as ISU's NCAA Compliance Coordinator. As the Associate Athletic Director for Student Support Services, she oversees academics, compliance, the training room, the weight room, and the equipment room. Graziano has served for the past nine years as Idaho State's Senior Women Administrator. Nancy also teaches an introductory orientation class for all incoming freshman and transfer student-athletes. Nancy is the liaison between the student-athletes and academic resources at ISU. She advises and assists the student-athletes in achieving their academic goals. Nancy works with the Faculty Athletic Representative to monitor the Student Athlete's progress toward graduation and their Big Sky Conference/NCAA academic eligibility. She also works with all coaches, keeping them informed of their student-athlete's academic progress, and she handles all questions regarding compliance and NCAA regulations. Nancy regularly holds rules education seminars for the athletic staff on compliance and rules education issues, and she keeps the athletic department updated on new issues and bylaws. She came to Idaho State in 1985 as an assistant women's basketball coach after a highly successful prep coaching career. Graziano compiled a 284-43 basketball record in 15 years at Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California. Her Alemany softball teams were also 214-28 in 12 years, a total which included 12 league championships. A three-sport coach, Graziano's volleyball teams were 165-75. Graziano was Girls' Athletic Director at Alemany (1977-83), Director of Athletics (1983-85), and chaired the Department of Physical Education from 1975-85. Nancy completed her undergraduate work at Cal State Northridge, and earned her Master's degree in Athletic Administration from Idaho State University in 1990.  Frank
MercoglianoAssistant Athletic Director for Media Relations 208-282-2621 mercfran@isu.edu Frank Mercogliano is entering in his 11th year with Idaho State University, and fourth as Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations after previously serving as the Sports Information Director. At Idaho State he handles all aspects of media relations for football, men's basketball, as well as special honors. He also oversees all departmental publications. While at Idaho State, Mercogliano has served as the Media Coordinator for several Big Sky Championships, and he has worked on the media operations staff for the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball West Regional as well as the 2002 NCAA Women's Basketball West Regional, the 1999 NCAA Track and Field National Championships and the 2000 NCAA Gymnastics National Championships. He also served on the membership board of the Idaho State University Council of Professional Employees (COPE). In 2003, he served as a panelist for the SID Town Meeting at the CoSIDA Convention, discussing current events in intercollegiate athletics as it relates to sports information. Mercogliano had spent the previous four years as the Director of Sports Information at Augusta State University, where he helped publicize the Jaguars in eight NCAA national tournament appearances. At ASU, Mercogliano was responsible for the publicity of 11 sports, 10 on the NCAA Division II level, and the Division I men's golf team, which made three national tournament appearances during his tenure. He also served as the first full-time SID at Belmont Abbey College, where he also held the dual title of Carolinas Conference Media Relations Director. While there he also coached South Point High School's soccer team to a two-year record of 30-7-3. In 1993 he was named "Region X Coach of the Year", and was a runner-up for North Carolina Coach of the Year honors. During his stay in Augusta, Mercogliano served as the official scorer and musical operations director for the Augusta GreenJackets, the Class A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Twice, Mercogliano was pressed into emergency service as an umpire for the South Atlantic League when the regular umpires became too ill to work. He also served as color analyst for Augusta State basketball as well as handling play-by-play duties for the WRDW Game of the Week in football, basketball and baseball. Mercogliano is a 1992 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he earned a degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations. His wife Melissa graduated from Idaho State and is a Boise native. They have three daughters: Jessica (21); Kristina (18); and Angela (12). He earned his master's degree in athletic administration from Idaho State in the summer of 2006.  Jim
KramerAssistant Athletic Director for Financial Services 208-282-2692 kramjame@isu.edu Jim Kramer enters his fourth year with Idaho State University as the school's first Assistant Athletic Director for Financial Services, coming to Pocatello from Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, where he served as the fiscal manager for the IUPUI Sport Complex. With Idaho State, Kramer oversees the athletic budget, and he assists all members of the athletic department with university purchasing policy and procedures. He coordinates all budgetary matters, including team and individual travel, equipment, and much of ISU's scholarship allocation procedures. At IUPUI, Kramer was responsible for a $2.3 million operating budget, and managed their accounts payables and receivables and department payroll. Kramer also handled several facility issues including event ticket sales, overseeing the pro shop and management of the business office staff. Kramer also served for 10 years with the Indianapolis Star/News, contributing to area coverage of various high school, college, and professional events in the greater Indianapolis area. Jim earned his B.B.A in finance and marketing from The Ohio State University in 1986, and his master's in business administration from the University of Akron in 1993. He and his wife Mary have three children Maura, Joseph, and Thomas.
As the Director of Major Gifts, McMillin will work with the ISU Development Office to identify and procure major gift contributions to the athletic department. Jay will concentrate much of his time towards raising funds for Bengal Village. Prior to his promotion, Jay was the executive director of the Bengal Foundation, handling the day-to-day aspects of the largest and most visibile arm of ISU's fundraising efforts. He coordinated all Bengal Foundation activities, including membership drives, athlete to athlete phone-a-thon golf tournaments, and he also oversaw ISU's priority seating campaign. No stranger to ISU athletics, Jay spent eight years on staff as an assistant men's basketball coach, from 1998-2005. With the squad Jay coached ISU's post players as well as overseeing academics.  Samantha
CongdonAdministrative Assistant 208-282-2397 congsama@isu.edu Samantha Congdon enters her third year with Idaho State University after joining the Bengal Family during the athletic year in 2005-06. Congdon serves as the Administrative Assistant to the Bengal Foundation, and as such, she assists the Executive Director of the Bengal Foundation in the day-to-day running of the office, including correspondence, mailings, and all data entry for ISU's athletic fundraising efforts. Congdon served as the office manager at Hydraulics of Texas, based in Houston, where she oversaw payroll, accounts receivable, new employee orientation, and collections. Prior to that, she has spent time at both US Bank and Zion's Bank, including two Pocatello branches. Originally from Corsicana, Texas, Samantha and her husband David have a son Dain.  Donna
HaysExecutive Director of the Bengal Foundation and Club & Sport Development 208-282-5773 haysdonn@isu.edu Donna Hays enters her ninth year with the Idaho State University athletic department, and this will be her first year as the Executive Director of the Bengal Foundation, while she will continue in her role as Director of Club & Sport Development
Hays coordinates the Bengal Foundation annual auction which is in its 28th year.  KaLee
KoppDirector of Marketing & Promotions 208-282-5781 koppkale@isu.edu KaLee Kopp is entering her fifth year with Idaho State University, and her first as Director of Marketing and Promotions after spending as year as the assistant director. At Idaho State, Kopp will create and implement marketing and promotional plans for all sports. Kopp will oversee the interns within the marketing department, coordinate activities with student organizations, as well as organize the creation and distribution of all print materials, working closely with the graphic design for all of ISU's marketing materials, including poster and schedule cards. Kopp's previous role with the Idaho State athletic department included overseeing ISU's community outreach program, P.A.W.S (Proud Athletes Working and Serving) which logged nearly 1,300 hours of community service during the 2005-2006 school year. Kopp is from Idaho Falls and a graduate of Hillcrest High School. Kopp earned her bachelor's degree in 2004 from Idaho State University and her master's degree in 2006.  Matt
SteuartDirector of Academic Services 208-282-4668 steumatt@isu.edu Matt Steuart enters his fifth year with Idaho State University, and his third as the athletic department's Director of Academic Services, after serving as a Graduate Assistant for one year. Steuart aids the Student Support team in a variety of ways including compliance issues, personal and academic counseling with student-athletes, overseeing the athletic study table, meeting with recruits, distribution of the NCAA Special Assistance fund, and coordinating, planning and teaching the Life Skills for Student-Athletes course taught at ISU. In addition, Steuart serves as an advisor to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee with Nancy Graziano. Steuart graduated from Idaho State with his bachelor's degree in Psychology in 1997, and he earned a master's degree in 1999 in the field of Mental Health Counseling. He also earned a second master's degree in Athletic Administration from Idaho State in 2004.  Katie
ZigarsAssistant Director of Media Relations zigakath@isu.edu Katie Zigars enters her first season as the assistant director for media relations State University after spending last season as a graduate assistant. For the previous four years, Katie was a member of the women's tennis team and worked in the media relations office as both a volunteer and as an intern. In her new role as assistant director, Katie will handle the media relations efforts for soccer, volleyball, tennis, and women's basketball.
Zigars was a four-year starter on the tennis team, earning Big Sky
All-Academic honors in all four of her seasons, moving up from a
walk-on to a scholarship athlete. Zigars was consistently one
of
ISU's best doubles performers, and played singles anywhere
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