INTRO
The Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Communications Staff
Deputy Commissioner for Public Affairs................................................................Diane Dietz
Associate Commissioner - Communications.....................................................Scott Chipman
Associate Director of Communications......................................................... Adam Augustine
Associate Director of Communications............................................................Brett McWethy
Assistant Director of Communications....................................................................Katie Kane
Robert Hammel Communications Intern.................................................Mary Kate Campbell
Robert Hammel Communications Intern.............................................................. Olivia Truby
REVIEW
Contact the Big Ten Office
5440 Park Place
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 696-1010
Fax: (847) 696-1150
www.bigten.org
OPPONENTS
HISTORY
In October 2013, the Big Ten moved to a new headquarters and meeting center in Rosemont,
Ill. In April 2014, the conference announced it would open a second office in New York City and
secured satellite office space in Washington, D.C. Throughout the summer of 2014, the Big Ten
unveiled future basketball tournament sites in Chicago and Indianapolis, along with an East
Coast destination in Washington, D.C. In May, the Big Ten Baseball Tournament set attendance
records in Omaha, Neb., while the inaugural Big Ten Hockey Tournament was held in St. Paul,
Minn., in March and will be played in Detroit, Mich., next year. In addition, the Big Ten will take
part in the largest and most diverse postseason football lineup in conference history beginning
in 2014-15, with 12 bowl partners spread across the country.
Under Delany’s guidance, the Big Ten has been a national leader in broad-based programming,
student-athlete welfare, gender equity and innovation. The Big Ten administers nearly $200
million in direct financial aid to almost 9,500 student-athletes for more than 11,000 participation
opportunities on 350 teams in 42 sports. The Big Ten debuted men’s ice hockey last year, and
men’s and women’s lacrosse begins competition during the 2014-15 academic year, with Johns
Hopkins University joining