Prof. Maxey Parrish
Senior Lecturer
Phone: (254) 710-6346
E-mail: Maxey_Parrish@baylor.edu
Office: Castellaw 263
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Courses
- Writing for Media Markets
- Public Relations
- Public Relations Internship
- Special Studies in Journalism and Communications
- Spring 2009, 2013 Baylor in Maastricht Program Director
- Summer 2011-12 Baylor in Florence Co-Program Director
Degrees
- Baylor University, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
- Baylor University, M.S. in Education
Year Started at Baylor
- 2001
Background
- Director of league and university relations for Rivals.com in Seattle, Wash., (handled negotiations with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and NCAA)
- Director of internet operations and sports information director at Baylor (managed media relations for Baylor's 17-sport program from, 1980-2000)
- Sports information director at Centenary College (1980)
- Assistant sports information director at Southern Methodist University (1978-1980)
- Press officer at eight events for the United States Olympic Committee (Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games and World University Games in Czechoslovakia and Korea)
- Staffed NCAA national championships in men's basketball, track & field, tennis, swimming and golf and worked 15 football bowl games
- Web editor for Bowl Championship Series (BCS)
- Board of Regents appointee to KWBU-FM board of directors
Accomplishments
- 2005 Collins Outstanding Professor
- 2006 Division of Student Life Outstanding Faculty Partner
- Eight Mortar Board Circle of Excellence for Outstanding Teaching awards
- 2002 Phi Beta Kappa citation for influence on students
- 2005 Golden Key International Honour Society honorary member
- College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Best in National writing award; Football Writers Association of American (FWAA) Outstanding Press Services award; All-American Football Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award; Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (NIT) Outstanding Contributions to Intercollegiate Athletics award; Drake Relays Media Award
- Past president of CoSIDA and founding web editor/director of online services
- Member of CoSIDA and FWAA boards of directors
- Organized a journalism-training program for over 800 sports writers while working at Rivals.com
- Hundreds of sports stories published in a wide variety of newspapers, magazines and websites
Interests & Hobbies
- Led nine summer student missions trips (Rwanda, Ukraine, Armenia, Australia, South Africa, Nicaragua, Ghana and other countries in Eastern Europe)
- Faculty sponsor for BRH Choir and PRSSA
- His family and his students
- Anything outdoors: hunting, camping, fishing, pitching washers, cooking the world’s greatest barbecue (seriously)
Favorite Thing about Teaching
- The students
Favorite Thing about Baylor
- "Baylor is a life-changing place."
