Some of Dave Meyer’s earliest memories are watching the videotape of the Detroit Tigers winning the 1984
World Series and early morning fishing trips with his father and grandfather where there would be plenty
of talk about sports.
Now the 30-year-old Meyer is getting all the sports he can handle as an assistant director of athletic
communications at Bowling Green State University. He is the primary contact for the media for Falcon
football, the men’s and women’s golf teams, and track and field. He also oversees hockey, gymnastics and
cross-country.
"Sports is something that I’ve always been interested in," Meyer said. "It was something
that my dad always talked to me about. It was a bonding issue. Sports were always around.
"When I got older I wanted to work in an athletic environment and that just led me to college
athletics."
A 1997 graduate of Ottawa-Glandorf High School where he was on the golf team, Meyer decided to attend
BGSU because of the school’s sport management program.
Meyer worked three years as a student worker in what was then the sports information department at BGSU,
receiving his undergraduate degree in 2001. He was then a graduate assistant for two years, while
earning his master’s at Bowling Green.
He started full time in October 2005, working mainly with the hockey program.
When the opportunity came up to take over football, Meyer leaped at the chance. He’s starting his third
year with the most visible Falcon sport.
"Once I really got started in sports information, it’s something I always wanted to do," Meyer
said about football. "When J.D. (Campbell) took a job at Indiana, it was a great opportunity that I
tried to jump all over. I was blessed to at least been given the opportunity to do it."
With football, Meyer deals with the largest coaching staff and the most student-athletes at BGSU. Trying
to balance the demands of the media with the 100-plus members of the football program can be a daunting
task for basically a one-person staff. Most major college football programs have at least two or three
full-time people for football.
"As the football contact for the athletic communications department, he is required to work a lot of
long hours which he takes on without any hesitation," said Jason Knavel, BG’s director of athletic
communications. "It’s (football) the highest profile sport we have. We have more media at a single
football game than any other sports. He has to juggle a lot of balls, which he does."
Meyer stresses it’s a department wide effort with himself, the other two full-time staffers, Knavel and
Mike Cihon, one graduate assistant and the student workers.
"My name is on the list as football contact, but it’s always going to be a team effort," Meyer
said,
Still, it comes down to Meyer to make sure everything gets done during the week as well as on game day.

"To make all the wheels turn on time, takes a lot of coordination and organization which he does
well," Knavel said.
"There is a lot of pressure with it and a lot of demands," Meyer said. "It can be a
challenge. But luckily here at BG we have great coaches and great assistant coaches, and they have made
the process a lot easier."
Meyer also does a lot of the interaction with the student workers in all sports.
"His job requirement is to train these kids and to try and guide them on the right part,"
Knavel said. "With turnover each year, he has to continually train students to do jobs, that would
just be second nature at other schools. He does a great job with them."
Even in his short tenure in athletic communications, Meyer has seen plenty of chances especially in the
technical aspect of the job.
No longer are there printed media guides. While the work is still the same, the media guide is now posted
on the Internet. During games, the athletic Web site is being constantly updated with highlights. After
the game the statistics are posted as soon as possible and there will be audio and video of coaches and
athletes speaking with the media. Items are also added during the week to the Web site.
It’s ironic that Meyer’s master’s thesis was on the history and future of media guides.
"It’s really amazing in five years that stuff can change that much," Meyer said about the
technology involved with his job. "You have to continually evolve with it. You can’t let it pass
you by, because it will be too late and you can’t catch up. It’s just something that we try to stay on
top of … It’s all kind of stuff you have to learn on the fly."
His wife Amanda and daughter Alaina, are supportive of his long hours.
"When I was in grad school I got engaged," Meyer said. "My wife knew what she was getting
into. I was putting in just an many hours as a grad student as I am now."