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Associate Media Relations Director Eric Trainer is in his 13th consecutive year and 16th season overall with Tennessee Athletic Media Relations and is enjoying his 23rd year in the sports information profession. Trainer works directly with the national-caliber women's and men's track & field and cross country teams, handles game-day responsibilities at home football games and assists in the coordination of home game media operations for the eight-time NCAA champion Lady Vol basketball team, with whom he has traveled to eight NCAA Final Fours and assisted in the hosting of the 1990 Final Four in Knoxville. Prior to his current position at Tennessee, Trainer handled a six-year stint as the director of media relations and marketing at Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) from 1991 to 1997, was a sports information G.A. and intern at UT from 1988 to 1991 and spent the 1987-88 school year as a student worker in the University of Arkansas women's sports info. office. He earned a degree in print journalism from Arkansas in 1988 and completed his master's in sports administration at UT in 1991. A native of Princeton, Mo., Trainer has received numerous awards for his publications, including 10 "Best In The Nation" citations and seven "Best Cover" accolades. He and his wife, Laura, a former Lady Vol basketball manager, reside in Knoxville with their sons, Cameron and Griffin.
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