After 33 years working with sports information and athletic communications, Ohio State football communications director and associate athletic director Jerry Emig was one of six members named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Hall of Fame in the class of 2026.
Emig spent a total of 33 years in athletic communications at Southern Illinois-Carbondale, Temple University, and Ohio State. Emig, who will retire in 2026, spent 23 total years at Ohio State, including the past 15 seasons as the head communications contact for the Buckeye football program.
“I am thrilled, appreciative and humbled to be recognized as a CSC Hall of Fame member,” Emig said in a statement. “The feeling of pride I have to be included among this distinguished and distinctive group of communicators is real and will be everlasting. I want to thank the CSC Special Awards Committee and current Hall of Fame members for this honor.
“I also want to thank the communications staff at Ohio State University for its spirit, work ethic and leadership that makes every day in this profession a pleasure. Working alongside colleagues, coaches, student-athletes and members of the media has been wonderful, and I will forever be grateful that it has positioned me to receive this honor.”
Emig graduated from Murray State in 1983 with a degree in communications before earning a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio State in 1986.
The CSC Hall of Fame class of 2026 will be honored in Las Vegas from June 7-10.
