Tom Eiser - Associate Athletics Director for Communications (MBB) - Staff Directory

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Tom Eiser

Title:
Associate Athletics Director for Communications (MBB)
Email:
Phone:
513.745.3124

Tom Eiser, Xavier University Associate Athletics Director for Communications, is in his 39th year directing the Athletic Communications Office, which handles communications, media relations, web site, social media, publicity, publications, record-keeping and research for his alma mater's 19 NCAA Division I sports. In addition to his Xavier duties, Eiser serves on the BIG EAST Conference Academic Affairs Committee.

Eiser, who was honored with the Sports Executive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cincinnati Sports Professional Network in 2015, began his professional career in sports information as Assistant SID in the 1985-86 school year at the University of Detroit. He was a student assistant SID at Xavier as an undergraduate from 1980-84, serving four years as the school's first-ever women's basketball SID.

A big part of the focus of Eiser's attention currently is the nationally-ranked men's basketball program. He's enjoyed promoting XU basketball during 27 of its 30 all-time NCAA appearances, while assisting the host sites of numerous men's and women's basketball tournaments, including several Final Fours. Eiser's 2019-20 men's basketball media guide was voted "Second-Best in the Nation" by CoSIDA, the fifth time in 10 years that the Xavier men's basketball guide has been ranked among the top three in the country. The 2010-11 guide was voted "Best in the Nation" by CoSIDA, while the 2012-13 and 2016-17 editions were voted "Second-Best in the Nation" and the 2017-18 guide was voted "Third-Best in the Nation" by CoSIDA.

In addition to his other responsibilities, Eiser is the primary liaison and oversight administator for the baseball program. Eiser has previously served as the administrator for men's and women's track and cross country, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, and women's soccer. He started the women's golf program and hired its first coach in 1992. He served on the golf and soccer committees for the Atlantic 10 Conference, including serving as chair of both. Eiser, the long-time Chair of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, has been the curator and director of the P. Douglas O'Keefe Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame on the Cintas Center concourse since its inception in 2005 and has served on the HOF selection committee since 1986.

Eiser's extensive media background started outside media relations. He worked as a news and sports reporter at WVXU-FM, a National Public Radio affiliate, from 1980-85. His last two years he served as Sports Director and then News Director in addition to hosting the local portion of NPR's "Morning Edition." He received several awards from the Society of Professional Journalist for his radio news reporting. He also has done freelance reporting for a variety of media, including AP, NPR and Piccadilly Radio (Manchester, England). He served on Xavier University's advance team and as the main media liaison with the White House for President Bill Clinton's 1996 visit to Xavier.

Eiser is a 1984 graduate of Xavier University with a bachelor's degree in English, while also completing a summer program in British Media Studies at the University of Manchester. Eiser graduated with a master's degree in educational administration from Xavier in 2011. In addition, he has continued his education with other graduate course work in modern languages with an emphasis on Spanish. A soccer enthusiast and an avid traveler who has seen 14 countries so far, it's no surprise that he jumped at the chance to be a media specialist at the 2003 Women's World Cup and the 1994 Men's World Cup. Eiser is an active member of the College Sports Communicators, the United States Basketball Writers Association, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the Public Relations Society of America.

Tom and his wife Carey reside in Cincinnati, his hometown.