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Willie D. Scott

Associate Director of Strategic Communications | Director of Media Relations (FB, SOC, WBB, MBB, BSB, TN, VB, SOC, CC, T&F, Bowling)

willie.scott01@sus.edu

225- 771-3495 / 225-235-8489

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Willie Scott is entering his tenth year with the Southern Athletics department, where he started as a volunteer in 2013. Scott was promoted to Assistant Sports Information Director in August 2016 and elevated to his current position of Associate Director of Strategic Communications | Media Relations in July 2022. 

The Baton Rouge native serves as primary contact for football, women’s basketball, baseball, soccer, men’s and women cross country, men’s & women’s indoor and outdoor track & field. Additionally, he assists with several additional duties within the sports information office, including serving as the key contact for attending media and opposing teams’ sports information staff for football, basketball and baseball on game day.

Scott's sports information duties include writing press releases, game previews, and game recaps and handling media-related obligations, such as assisting with credential requests and interviews for student-athletes, coaches and administrators. He oversees numerous game-day operations as well, namely statistics, live statistical feeds and photographic information for football, women’s basketball, soccer and baseball. Scott played a vital part in the department acquiring NCAA LiveStats (NLS) for football in July 2020. In March of 2022, Scott helped the Sports Information Department launch Jaguar Sports Network streaming men and women basketball along with baseball. The launch was very successful with over 1000 jaguar fans watching from all over the country. 

Prior to his arrival at Southern, Scott spent five years with WIBR Radio, an ESPN Radio affiliate, as the New Orleans Hornets Radio Producer. He was also the producer and co-host for two sports radio shows "The Water Boys" and "The Coaches Corner with Coach Bob Bennett" on ESPN Radio in Baton Rouge. 

Scott is an active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), where he serves on the Diversity and Inclusion committee. He is an active member of Black College Sports Information Directors of America (BC-SIDA), while serving as the Southwestern Athletic Conference Executive Committee Historian. 

Scott is a proud member of the Blazing Star 114 Lodge, a Prince Hall affiliate, and Upsilon Phi Upsilon Fraternity where he serves as National Board Historian.

He has two daughters, Sparkle and Catherine.

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