Who is Athlon?
Athlon Sports Communications, Inc., is a 41 year-old Nashville-based publishing company with two major areas of interest: Publishing and Sports Marketing. Athlon Sports publishes 15 preseason sports annuals covering professional and college athletics. These premier publications are sold at newsstands throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. Each publication is cover-customized to highlight regional professional teams and college sports conferences. Athlon is the No. 1 ranked sports annual on retail sales dollars and magazines sold and has developed a unique trade-based sports marketing program designed to assist companies in:
>> Creating Awareness for their Products
>> Communicating Sales and Marketing Initiatives
>> Selling More Goods and Services
With each of Athlon's products we bring the enormously powerful medium of sports to businesses and their customers. It is through this medium that we partner with our clients to communicate with the hard-to-reach male demographic. The strength of business rests in its people. At Athlon we assist you in solidifying and maintaining relationships within your company, with your clients and your prospective clients. We will design a communications and promotion campaign for you. Additionally we will provide media support in magazines, television, radio, billboards, direct mail and on the Internet.
Athlon's 15 magazines include: Pro Football, Fantasy Football, National College Football, Southeastern Football, Atlantic Coast Football, Big Ten Football, Big Twelve Football, Eastern Football, Pac Ten Football, Baseball, College Basketball, Professional Basketball, Racing and Golf.
In each issue, we challenge our writers and editors to strive to present the dignity of sports, the drama of the games and the souls of the people. With our bold and interesting feature stories and complete statistics, we reach the spectrum of sports fans as well as people fans.
Athlon's College Fantasy Sports operations are based out of Georgia (3020 Roswell Rd. NE, Suite 200, Marietta, GA 30062) and can be contacted at (770) 509-2317.
We'd like to hear from you
| We appreciate your comments. Please feel free to send them to the editorial staff at: editor@athlonsports.com |
| Editorial | ||
| Editorial Director | Charlie Miller | |
| Senior Editor | Robert T. Doster III | |
| Senior Editor | Mitch Light | |
| Online Editor | Jake Veyhl | |
| Photo Editor | Tim Clark | |
| Deputy Editor | Mike Nahrstedt | |
| Fantasy Managing Editor | Dan Grogan | |
| Fantasy Managing Editor | Kelly Grogan | |
| Assistant Editors | Kevin Daniels | |
| Brian Hampton | ||
| Nathan Rush | ||
| Production | ||
| Production Manager | Mark Malone | |
| Senior Production Designer Editor Athlon Racing |
Matt Taliaferro | |
| National Advertising Sales & Marketing | ||
| Corporate Office | (615) 327-0747 | |
| President, National Sales | Scott Garrett | |
| Regional Vice-President Northeast Region |
Anthony R. Hagelgans | |
| Regional Vice-President Northeast Region |
Stephen Goode | |
| Regional Vice-President Mid-Central/Southern Region |
Tom Burr | |
| National Account Directors | Eddie Gonzalez (Mid-Central/South) Ken Burns (West) Alan Hankins (Texas) Chris McNally (Illinois/Wisc) John Ferraro (New York) Mike Struss (New York) Tony Kountz (Ohio) | |
| Golf Category Manager | Bill Settle | |
| Director of Events Marketing | Shawna Jones | |
| National Sales Assistant | Kelly Urbanek | |
| State Sales Division | ||
| President, State Sales | Bill Gaglione | |
| Atlanta Office | (770) 578-5129 | |
| Wes Greer | ||
| Indianapolis Office | (765) 483-1526 | |
| Mark Miles | ||
| International / Direct Response / Fantasy | Richard Beck | |
| Business Services | ||
| Designer | Rachael Patrick | |
| Account Services | ||
| Director | Kim Wilson | |
| Account Coordinators | Jessica Anderson Courtney Corlew Kristy Eckel | |
| Account Services Administrator | Susan Malone | |
| Circulation | ||
| Director of Circulation | Troy Childers | |
| Midwest Regional Newsstand Manager | Joe Luca | |
| Great Lakes Regional Newsstand Manager | Joe Berger | |
| Circulation Accounting Manager | Christina Collins | |
| Administration | ||
| CEO | Charles W. Allen | |
| Executive Assistant | Doris Kyle | |
| Chief Financial Officer | Mary Lee Dunn | |
| Senior Financial Analyst | Gregg Troxel | |
| Accounts Receivable Manager | LuAnn Williams | |
| Accounts Payable / Payroll Manager | Jen Barnes | |
| Athlon Fulfillment Center - (615) 242-7986 | ||
| Manager | Ken McWhorter | |
| Athlon Sports Collectibles - (615) 255-8636 | ||
| Division President | Richard Beck | |
| Manager, Mail Order | Jeff Duello | |
| GM Wholesale / Auctions | Matt Moore | |
| Retail Manager | Brian Tharp | |
| Nashville Retail Location: | 8113 Moores Lane Suite 2200 Brentwood, TN 37027 (615) 507-2195 | |
| Athlon College Fantasy Sports Operations - (770) 509-2317 | ||
| Director of College Fantasy Sports Operations | Nathan Karp | |
| Athlon Interactive - (615) 327-0747 | ||
| Director of Product Development | Brian Hochman | |
| Development Team Leader | Michael McCracken | |
| Web Developer | Daniel Swinney | |
| Web Developer | Eric Olson | |
| Associate Web Producer | Doug Word | |
| Interactive Art Director | Corey Snyder | |
| Interactive Brand Manager | Brett Marlin | |
| New Media Content Producer | Braden Gall | |
| Associate Web Producer | Steven Lassan | |
| Network Administrator | Josh West | |
220 25th Avenue North, Suite 200 Nashville, Tennessee 37203 Main (615) 327-0747 - Fax (615) 327-1149 info@athlonsports.com http://www.athlonsports.com |
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