Email address: Todd.Kelly@colostate-pueblo.edu
Phone: (719)549-2013
Todd Kelly is entering his sixth year as Associate
Athletic Director and Director of Athletic Development and Major
Gifts at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
Kelly is responsible for identifying and
cultivating contributions for CSU-Pueblo athletics from alumni,
friends, corporations, organizations, and foundations. He also
handles the department's season ticket sales, the Spank Blasing
Run/Walk, the Lobster Bake, the ThunderWolves Golf Classic, and the
corporate and individual giving for the ThunderWolves' scholarship
programs.
Before taking his current post, Kelly worked as the
Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations and Championships at the
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference from June, 2001 through July
2003.
From 1991-2001, Kelly served as the ThunderWolves'
Sports Information Director. In that role, he received numerous
citations from the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA) for publications. Kelly has staffed many special events,
working in media relations. Among those events are the 1995 U.S.
Olympic Festival, 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Midwest
Regional, 1994 & 1998 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships
and the 1994 NCAA Division II Baseball South Central Regional.
Prior to becoming the ThunderWolves' SID, Kelly
served an internship in the sports information department at the
University of Kentucky. He assisted with the day-to-day SID
operations of the Wildcats football and basketball teams, and was
the main contact for UK's baseball team.
As an undergraduate at CSU-Pueblo, Kelly was a
summer intern at the U.S. Air Force Academy sports information
department and was the media relations director for the Pueblo
Crusaders and the Minor League Football System. As a defensive back
for the Crusaders, Kelly set the team record with nine career
interceptions and was a member of the Crusaders 1989 National
Championship team.
A 1990 CSU-Pueblo graduate with a bachelor's of
arts degree in mass communications with an emphasis in public
relations, Kelly is a member of the Southern Colorado Press Club,
and is a member the 30 Club Community Foundation. He is also a past
board member of the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Colorado, the
Centennial High School Foundation, and the Pueblo Symphony.
He received his master's degree in sports
administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 2006.
Kelly, and his wife Laura, have two children, Trent and Jillian.
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