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Professional Experience

Brandon Harrison joined ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College as an Assistant Professor of Sport Management in the fall of 2019.

Along with his teaching responsibilities, Harrison serves as the Assistant Softball Coach at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ University across the street where he has aided the team to back-to-back Empire 8 Conference Championships in 2021 and 2022. He has coached three NFCA All-Americans, five NFCA All-Region members, and 10 All-Empire 8 All-Conference members. 

Prior to joining ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State, Harrison was the Sports Information Director at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ University, from 2017-2019.

He spent a year prior to returning to ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ University in 2017 as the Director of Athletic Communications at Goucher College in Maryland. Goucher has 20 varsity, intercollegiate teams as well as co-ed, equestrian, in which Harrison oversaw from his position. In one year, Harrison saw the overhaul of the athletics website as well as the unveiling of a newly designed mascot.
 
Harrison graduated from St. John Fisher College with his bachelor’s in sport management in 2013 while also working as a student for the athletics department. After Fisher, he was the Sports Information Graduate Assistant here at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ University from the fall of 2014 until graduating with his Master of Business Administration in the spring of 2016. During that time, he was the primary sport contact for men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s lacrosse alongside working with football, volleyball and softball. Harrison was also the Director of the Saxon Pride Board, a platform to promote student-athlete community involvement and school pride.
 
He also has professional experience at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College as the Athletic Department Staff Assistant, specializing in event management and student-athlete compliance. Harrison also interned with the AU Athletic Department in the summer of 2013 while finishing his Sports Management degree at St. John Fisher College, playing a key role in creating a new website for the athletic department among a number of other projects.
 
Harrison played varsity baseball for local Canisteo-Greenwood High School for all four years and modified for the two years prior. He also played varsity soccer and swam varsity as well. Harrison is also active in the local areas through his role for the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥-Almond Community Sports Association co-overseeing youth sports in Almond. As an athlete, himself, he still manages to find time to play in adult leagues as much as possible.

Courses Taught:

Intro to Sport Management
Sponsorship
Sport Communication
Sport Facility Management
Licensing & Endorsement
Event Sales & Promotion
Pre-Internship Seminar
Sport Business & Finance
Sport Marketing
Introduction to Computers
Business Communication
Computer Literacy