Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Athletics Director, Communications and Broadcast
Men's Basketball, Softball, M/W Golf, Beach Volleyball
Interim: Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Women's Tennis
- Email:
- Phone:
- 985-7565
Roger Kirk was named the Associate Athletics Director for Communications and Broadcast in 2022. Kirk joined the Long Beach State athletics department in 2007, and has been responsible for the department's strategic communications efforts since 2013.
Kirk is responsible for overseeing the department's communications efforts for Long Beach State's 19 Division I sports, acting as a liaison for television and radio broadcasts and serving as the primary contact for Men's Basketball, Softball, and the Golf programs. Additionally, Kirk oversees the Beach Vision production efforts, serving as executive producer for over 100 ESPN+ broadcasts per year.
In service of LBSU's volleyball programs, Kirk was the 2010 winner of the American Volleyball Coaches Association West Region Grant Burger award, given in recognition of outstanding service in the promotion of volleyball.
In addition to his event and media responsibilities for the Long Beach State athletic department, Kirk also serves as the webmaster for the official website of Long Beach State, www.longbeachstate.com. During his time at the Beach, Kirk has overseen three major redesigns of the athletic website, incorporating additional video and audio coverage of Beach athletic contests as well as increasing visibility for the website as a whole.
Prior to coming to Long Beach State, Kirk worked for three years at Fresno State, working as the secondary contact for football as well as the primary contact for baseball, women's basketball, and wrestling. A 2003 graduate of the University of Puget Sound, Kirk began his professional career working in professional baseball with the Minnesota Twins, Tacoma Rainiers, and Fort Myers Miracle.
