June 3, 2009
NORMAL, Ill. -
The game-day atmosphere in Hancock Stadium and Redbird Arena will never be the same, as Steven Funke joined Illinois State Athletics this week, as the department's first ever, full-time video coordinator.
ISU Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Promotions Brad Ledford is looking forward to the production and ideas Funke (pronounced "funk-EE") will bring to the table.
"I'm very excited about Steven joining our staff and the wealth of experience from a distinguished program that he brings," said Ledford. "His talent, creativity and know-how provide him with the essential qualities needed to lead our video department and enhance our game-day atmospheres."
Funke spent the last four years working with 12th Man Productions in the Texas A&M Athletics Department. At Texas A&M, Funke oversaw the video board content and productions for the Aggie baseball team. He was also the producer and editor of the Rob Childress Show on Aggieathletics.com.
Funke also was a segment producer for several Texas A&M regionally televised programs and also produced commercial pieces for television and for the video board. He served as an editor on stadium features for football, basketball and softball, while working several Aggie live events.
Funke is excited about the opportunity to establish the ground work with video in Redbird Athletics.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to work at Illinois State," said Funke. "It gives me an opportunity to grow, personally and professionally. I welcome the challenges that are here and look forward to starting the program from scratch. That is one of the main reasons why I wanted to come here. There is a good foundation to build an exciting program and I'm excited to start working with the Redbird staff."
The San Antonio native earned his bachelor's of business administration in finance from Texas-San Antonio, and he attained his master's of education in instructional design from Texas A&M.
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