Brandon Macneill was named Associate Athletics Director for Administration in July 2004. He came to KU in October 2003 as Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Planning. Macneill came to Lawrence from Princeton University, where he served two years as Associate Athletics Director for Development. At Princeton, Macneill was responsible for overseeing, implementing and coordinating the annual uniform fund-raising and membership drives of various groups that supported the Princeton athletics department. At KU, Macneill's duties include managing the Athletic Marketing and Licensing departments, oversight of the departmental relationship with Host Communications, the multi-media rights holder for Kansas Athletic, and act as sport supervisor for the Softball and Tennis programs. In addition, he has devoted much of his time to strategic planning and the rewriting of department policy manuals. Before going to Princeton, Macneill worked as the Director of Collegiate Marketing for the University of Hawaii, where he was responsible for soliciting and servicing corporate partners for the University of Hawaii, as well as overseeing all marketing and promotional programs related to Hawaii athletics. Macneill, who earned a bachelor's degree from Tulane University in 1993 and a master's degree from the University of Connecticut in 1997, has also served as Assistant Director of Athletics for Marketing and Promotions at Dartmouth College and as an Athletic Marketing Intern at UConn. Macneill lives in Lawrence with his wife Amy and daughters Caroline and Alexandra. |
