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Grant Lyons Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn. Position: Assistant AD For Marketing Alma Mater: Samford, 2004

Grant Lyons enters his fourth year as a member of the athletics staff and his second as assistant director of athletics for marketing.

Lyons oversees marketing, game-day operations, campus-wide promotions and ticket sales. He also serves as the administrator for Samford's cheerleading and mascot program. He is the athletics representative for the homecoming committee and the parking committee. He is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators [NACMA].

Lyons also is a part-time adjunct instructor in the Department of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine [ESSM], teaching tennis.

Prior to being promoted to his current position, Lyons served as director of marketing from 2006 to 2007, and he was the director of promotions and campus relations from 2005 to 2006.

Previously, Lyons worked as an authorized dealer field manager for W. R. Case and Sons Cutlery Company in his hometown of Knoxville, Tenn. He also served as a police officer with the Homewood Police Department.

Lyons worked as a game-day marketing assistant at Samford during the 2004 football season. In his role as marketing assistant, he managed the Samford online store along with its student employees, and he managed the sponsorship tents during football games.

While a student at Samford, Lyons served as a supervisor and instructor for the intramural athletics program. He also was a member of Samford's men's tennis team.

A 2004 Samford graduate, Lyons is married to a fellow Samford graduate, Director of the Samford Bulldog Club, Vaughan Lyons.