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Rob Knox joins the MEAC as a freelance writer and storyteller under the MEAC Digital Network unbrella.

An HBCU graduate and longtime athletic communications professional, Knox recently started as the Senior Director of Strategic Communications at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in May of 2022.
 
Prior to this role, Knox worked at UNC Greensboro as the Associate AD for Strategic Communications from 2020-22. This past summer, Knox was recognized by the NCAA with its Champion of Diversity award.
 
During his five years at Towson, Knox held the position of Associate Director of Media Relations, while holding primary contact responsibilities for the Tigers' men's basketball program. In addition to Towson, Knox has worked at Coppin State University, ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut, as a Statistics Manager in the Statistics & Analysis department for two years, Kutztown, Lincoln University and the Delaware County Daily Times as a sports reporter.
 
A graduate of Lincoln (Pa.) University and native of Chester, Pennsylvania, Knox is one of the most influential, passionate and accomplished athletic communications professionals in the country.
 
He is a past president of the College Sports Information Directors Association of America (CoSIDA), which made him the third ethnic minority and second African-American president in the organization's history. During his term as president in the 2018-19 academic year, Knox was the first African-American president since 1987.
 
A member of the Lincoln University and Chester High School Athletic Hall of Fames, Knox graduated from the distinguished NCAA Leadership Institute, was named the 2011 College CoSIDA Rising Star Award winner and has won four Fred Stabley, Jr. writing awards.

In 2023, College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) named Knox the Mary Jo Haverbeck Trailblazer Award winner.
 
Knox has had work published in SLAM magazine, Civil Action magazine and the American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball official souvenir program. He has also written for digital outlets d3hoops.com, the CIAA website and the Womenshoop blog, where he covered the WNBA for five years.

The hard work and love he has shown for his profession has resulted in successfully promoting student-athletes from all his previous career stops. Knox was instrumental in having one of his former student-athletes, Ashley Parker, named a finalist for the prestigious 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, the first student-athlete from a HBCU to be named a finalist.

Prior to his tenure at Lincoln, Knox spent five years as a sports writer for Delaware County Daily Times. In addition to covering several outstanding athletes including Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Dawn Staley and Lisa Leslie, he covered the 2002 and 2003 WNBA all-star games and the 2004 NBA Draft.


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