LAKE CHARLES – Tanner Stines, Associate Athletic Director for Administration and Operations, has been promoted to Senior Associate AD, Director of Athletics Bruce Hemphill has announced.
 
Stines is in his fifth season in the McNeese athletics administration.
 
As the Chief of Finance and External Operations, Stines oversees business affairs, team travel and scheduling, human resources, marketing/ticketing and game operations, while providing senior level administration support to the athletic department.
 
He works closely with the Director of Athletics on the oversight of all capital projects daily, and has been integral in managing many of the new facilities upgrades to campus.
 
Stines also oversees the marketing/ticketing relationship with Learfield Sports regarding sponsorships and fulfillment, while working closely with all athletic department staff, and serves as the operational liaison to campus departments.
 
In his time at McNeese, Stines has been integral to the advancement of the athletic department through various efforts such as the agreement with Under Armour and BSN Sports, the creation and execution of the Rowdy Sports Properties contract, and other athletic department partnerships.
 
Before coming to McNeese, Stines served in Internal Operations for the University of Georgia Athletic Association. He played an instrumental part in leading and implementing construction plans and serving as a team member on all UGA Athletic Association capital projects.
 
Stines spent four years as Coordinator of Graphics and Displays at UGA where he planned and maintained the museum exhibits and historical archives of all athletic facilities. He helped organize and implement repairs, inspections, graphics maintenance while also communicating regularly with coaches, department heads, contractors, alumni and athletic directors.
 
Stines spent his college years as an undergrad working as an equipment manager for the UGA football program, after which he transitioned into his role as the football operations intern. In all he spent five seasons with the football program, under the direction of then-head coach Mark Richt.
 
Stines is a graduate of the University of Georgia in Business and Marketing obtained in 2010 while earning his Masters in Sports Management in 2014.
 
Stines is married to the former Megan Winkler of Baton Rouge.