JAMES HIXSON

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Jaime Hixson , who was promoted to Director of Operations in July 2008, is in his fourth year with the Mountain West. He served as the Media Relations/Championships intern during the spring of 2005 before being hired full-time that July. Hixson will continue working directly with MWC Deputy Commissioner Bret Gilliland coordinating football operations including scheduling, television, instant replay, game officials and other football-related items. In addition, Hixson handles several operational aspects of the MWC's Men's and Women's Basketball Championships and works with the media relations staff during the football season. In 2008-09, he will add the role of sport and championship administrator for baseball to his responsibilities.

Hixson spent the 2003-04 season as a graduate assistant in the University of Illinois Intercollegiate Athletics Department, working in the Corporate Sponsorship and Marketing Department. He also completed two internships - in event management and public relations - working with the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.

In 2002, Hixson worked as a sideline media liaison with the Chicago Bears for home games played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill.

A native of Ivesdale, Ill., the 28-year-old Hixson earned his bachelor's degree in liberal arts and sciences with a concentration in speech communications from the University of Illinois in 2002 and received his master's degree in sports management from Illinois in 2004. Hixson now resides in Monument.