Highlanders Offseason Punctuated By New Hires, Promotions

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Riverside—UC Riverside's 2017-18 athletics season doesn't begin for another six weeks, but that doesn't mean things are quiet in the Inland Empire. Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tamica Smith Jones announced a number of recent hires and promotions for the department, today."It is important for us to continue to evaluate ourselves as a competitive Division I program," said Smith Jones. "With that, we seek to make essential adjustments that will afford staff the opportunity to be more impactful and focus on responsibilities that will serve the best interests of our department's growth."We are fortunate to recruit and retain staff who are committed to ensuring our student athletes have the very best collegiate experience and talented coaches striving to prepare them for the highest level of success on and off the playing fields.  "I am very excited about these internal moves, new hires and other personnel additions still to come, as we strive for competitiveness atop the Big West Conference and continue to raise our profile nationally."NEWCOMERS
Camelia Trahan joins the Highlanders as the assistant athletics director for marketing and external relations. She comes to UC Riverside after two years as the assistant athletics director for marketing at the University of the Incarnate Word. She also spent time at the West Coast Conference managing the conference's marketing, brand management and promotional efforts; and for the Great Lakes Valley Conference as an assistant commissioner working extensively with championships and marketing.Byron Rimm rounds out the Men's Basketball coaching staff joining the Highlanders as an assistant. He is best known for his time as the head coach of the Prairie View A&M Panthers from 2006-16. Last season, he served as the director of basketball operations at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Rimm played collegiately at Ventura College and Cal State Los Angeles.The athletics business office added three new members ...

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