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UAB Administration Dr. Frank Messina, Faculty Athletics Representative
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r. Frank M. Messina, professor and chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Accounting and Information Systems (ACIS) in the UAB School of Business, was named fac-
ulty athletics representative in 2008. He has been on staff at the university for 16 years. Messina has been chair of ACIS since 2002 and is the school’s Ernst & Young Scholar. A Birmingham native, he came to UAB in 1993 as an assistant professor in accounting. He received a doctorate in business administration (D.B.A.) from Mississippi State University (MSU) in 1993, a master’s in professional
accountancy at MSU in 1990 and a bachelor’s in business administration at the University of West Alabama in 1986. Messina and his wife, Natalie, have two sons: Taylor (18) and TJ (8). A third son, Thomas, passed away in the spring of 2010 at the age of 15.
Senior Administrative Staff
Shannon Ealy
Senior Associate AD for External Affairs
Norm Reilly
Associate AD for Media Relations
Derita Ratcliffe
Senior Associate AD Senior Woman Administrator
Matt Wildt
Associate AD for Ticket Operations & Football Administration
Coleman Barnes Associate AD for Development
Reid Adair
Assistant AD for Facilities and Operations
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Corey Bray
Associate AD for Compliance
Mike Jones
Assistant AD for Athletic Training
2011 UAB Soccer
Timothy Garner
Danez Marrable
Brad Smith
Stacey Torman
Associate AD for Financial Affairs
Assistant AD for Marketing
Associate AD for Student Services
Director of Strength and Conditioning