Jeff Weiss enters his ninth season as sports information director at Wayne State University. He was promoted to assistant athletic director for media relations in January 2007 and serves as the main contact for the Wayne State football, men[apos]s and women[apos]s basketball, fencing and softball teams. He also serves on WSU[apos]s Athletic Hall of Fame committee as well as handling the logs for all radio and internet broadcasts.
Weiss joined the WSU staff in November 2001, after serving 10 months as the director of marketing and communications with the American Heart Association in Toledo, Ohio.
A 1987 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Weiss majored in sport management with an emphasis on information, marketing and promotion. He served as a student assistant in the BGSU sports information office all four years in college.
From February 1988 through July 1998, Weiss worked at the Central Collegiate Hockey Association league office. After beginning as administrative assistant, he was promoted to director of communications and served his final three years as assistant commissioner. He returned to his alma mater in August 1998, and worked as an assistant SID in charge of men[apos]s soccer, hockey, baseball, golf and swimming for two-and-a-half years. He also served on the BGSU Athletic Hall of Fame Committee.
A member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Weiss served on the publications contest committee for two years and is in his sixth year on the Academic All-America committee.
Weiss also assumed the duties as assistant commissioner for public relations for College Hockey America (CHA) in April 2006 and served as the host media coordinator for the 2007 Frozen Four in St. Louis. He has also been the interim commissioner of the CHA women[apos]s hockey league since January 2009.
He resides in Temperance, Michigan, with his wife of 18 years, Christy, and two daughters, Jillian (16) and Madison (11).
