Athletic Administration Eddie Nunez Senior Associate AD/Internal Operations Eddie Nuñez joined the Athletics Department in October 2003 as the Director of Game and Event Management and was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Operations and Project Development in June of 2007 and Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2009. As a member of the senior staff, Nuñez’s responsibilities include supervision of the men’s basketball program, men’s tennis program and the women’s tennis program. He also supervises the Event Management department as well as directs all capital projects for the athletic department. Under his guidance, the athletic department has experienced over $220 million dollars in renovations and construction of athletic facility projects. Most recently this included the preservation of Tiger Stadium renovations. Nuñez is the Athletic Department’s liaison with the Tiger Athletic Foundation and oversees all project development as well as assist in fundraising/development. He also represents the athletics department on various University and community committees. Nuñez came to LSU after two years as the Director of Game and Event Management at Vanderbilt University. At Vanderbilt, along with directing the Game and Event Management department, he also assisted in construction of a New Soccer/ Lacrosse Stadium, a New Basketball Practice Facility and a New Baseball stadium as well as the renovation of several other facilities including renovation of their track facility. Prior to that, Nuñez served as men’s basketball administrative assistant at Marquette University for one year and two years as men’s basketball graduate assistant and head equipment manager for coach Billy Donovan at the University of Florida. Nunez also played two seasons on the Florida basketball team in 1997 and 1998. He transferred to Florida after playing two years at Miami-Dade Community College. The native of Miami, Fla., received his associate degree in arts and architecture from Miami-Dade Community College in 1995, his bachelor’s in sports management from the University of Florida in 1998 and his masters in sports administration from Florida in 2000. He is married to the former Jane Hess and the couple has two daughters, Elizabeth Kendall Nuñez (4) and Anna Caldwell Nuñez (1).
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South Campus and Residential Life. David developed long range planning of future projects and the impact of associated displacement and monitored and managed space inventory. He served as joint director of facilities for emergency advisory conditions to the University Emergency Operations Center and also served as a Staff Senator. Prior to his employment by LSU, he served as Project Review Architect for the Louisiana State Fire Marshal (1993-96) and also maintained a private practice during the time. He also served as project manager and project architect for several Louisiana architectural firms prior to 1993. David graduated from LSU with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1982 and his Master of Public Administration in 2006. He is a registered licensed architect by the state of Louisiana.
Brian Broussard Assistant AD/Director of Ticket Operations A 16-year veteran of the Athletics Department, including 12 years as ticket manager, Brian Broussard was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Ticket Operations in July 2007. Broussard is responsible for revenue in excess of $50 million, which includes the management of ticket and parking sales and renewals for all sports, as well as Tradition Fund donations for football, men’s basketball and baseball. Broussard began at LSU in August 1996 as an assistant ticket manager responsible for men’s basketball sales and the day-to-day operations of ticket office. In March 2000, he was promoted to ticket manager, becoming responsible for the ticketing in all sports. Prior to joining the LSU staff, Broussard was the ticket manager at Northwestern State in 1996. He worked as a promotions assistant at the University of Miami in 1995 and was the gameday club manager for the New Orleans Saints in 1994. The Gretna native earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from LSU in 1993. He is married to the former Aimee Hodges of Alexandria.
Matt Shanklin Assistant AD/Marketing
Ronnie Haliburton Senior Associate AD/Athletic Facility Management Ronnie Haliburton, who served as director of facility services in the LSU Athletics Department for three years, was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Athletic Facility Management in March 2007. Haliburton came to the athletics department in December of 2003 from LSU’s facility maintenance department, where he served as manager for five years. He was responsible for the overall management of custodial operations, special events crews, stock room inventory and equipment repair. Haliburton played as a tight end for the LSU football team from 1986-89, and was a member of two Southeastern Conference championship teams. He later played for the Denver Broncos for three years. He first joined LSU in an administrative capacity in 1994 as resident assistant of Broussard Hall, then the school’s athletic dormitory, before moving to the weight room as a student assistant strength coach. Haliburton became a resident manager in 1996 before being named coordinator of residence life later that year. In 1998, he became Manager of Facility Maintenance at LSU.
Emmett David Associate AD/Facility and Project Development Emmett David joined the LSU Athletics Department in 2012 after serving as Director of the Office of Planning Design and Construction at LSU since June of 1996. He will assist in facility and project development for the athletics department including the new South Stadium addition and future projects for such sports as tennis and gymnastics. Among his responsibilities for the University was to serve as facility officer for Doctoral I Research Institution consisting of 11.2 million gross square feet with 250 primary buildings. He also was responsible for the 5-year Capital Outlay project planning of some $484 million, deferred maintenance reporting and funding; and, ADA and Life Safety Code deficiency projects, budgets and tracking of expenditures of some $200 million. He was responsible for nearly $800,000 in physical development on campus with projects such as Choppin Annex, Residential College, Business Education Complex, Raphael Semmes Parking Garage and numerous major maintenance, repair and restoration projects. He also coordinated and implemented master plans for such departments as Parking and Traffic, Athletics, Veterinary Medicine, Student Health Center, Union,
Matt Shanklin begins his second year at LSU serving as the Assistant Athletic Director of Marketing and as the General Business Manager for LSU Sports Properties, the multi-media rights holder for Tiger Athletics. Previously, Shanklin served 20 years as the Associate Athletic Director of Marketing and Licensing at the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, Shanklin was in charge of all department marketing/promotions, corporate sponsorships, advertising sales and coordinated all sales and programming for the football, basketball and baseball video boards. He was instrumental in developing the HogPen, a tailgating area for fans inside Baum Stadium, the Hog Spa hot tub area at Baum Stadium and the RBI Girls. Shanklin was instrumental in establishing the school’s first baseball radio network in 1992, one of the nation’s largest with more than 25 affiliates statewide as well as creating the first Hispanic radio network for the University of Arkansas. In 1998, Shanklin became the university’s licensing coordinator and under his direction, licensing revenues increased every quarter. Shanklin was assistant marketing director at East Carolina University for a year before going to Arkansas. He had served as an intern at Arkansas for five months before joining the ECU staff. A 1984 graduate of South Mecklenburg (N.C.) High School in Charlotte, N.C., where he lettered in baseball and soccer, Shanklin earned his degree in communications from North Carolina-Wilmington in 1988. A graduate of Ohio University’s highly respected sports administration program, Shanklin earned a master’s degree in that program in the fall of 1989. An avid golfer, Shanklin married the former Missy Emmerson of Jacksonville, Texas, in 2003. She has a daughter, Jordan (17), and they are also the parents of Barbara Blake (7) and Isabella Grace (5).
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