| Title: | Associate Athletic Director |
| Phone: | (641) 683-5111 x1863 |
| Email: | Ricky.Webster@indianhills.edu |
Ricky Webster enters his third season as Indian Hills Community College's Associate Athletic Director, a position he was named to in July, 2021.
Webster is involved with a number of initiatives throughout the Warrior Athletic Department, including its marketing and communications processes and procedures and event management and gameday oversight. Webster also serves on the campus' Management Council as well as the college's Diversity Committee.
Prior to Indian Hills, Webster most recently filled the seat of Director of Marketing at the corporate offices of the NJCAA in Charlotte, North Carolina. After a six-month stint as an Associate Director there, he was promoted in just six months to head up Marketing and Communications department with direct oversight of all promotional aspects over the second-largest athletics association in the United States. His duties there included piloting the Association’s strategic marketing plan, facilitating releases, statements and appearances of the President and CEO, in addition to overseeing the NJCAA website and all social media platforms.
Prior to his three-plus years with the NJCAA, Webster became familiar with Indian Hills as the Warriors were frequent ICCAC opponents of Marshalltown Community College, during his nearly four years on the job as the Tigers’ Coordinator of Sports Information & Compliance. Webster was Marshalltown’s first hire to fill such a role in 2013, and was responsible for managing marketing initiatives, as well as being the Tigers’ media contact for all sports, athletics website content provider, as well as being responsible for all MCC Athletics social media.
Webster began has career in college athletics at NCAA DIII Brockport State University, a highly competitive program in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC). Webster served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications for a department that offered 25 Olympic level sports while providing marketing and promotional material for the department. Webster was instrumental in social media expansion and live video streaming, along with home event management responsbilities.
Webster received a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management along with a minor in both Communications and Athletic Administration from the State University of New York at Fredonia where he was a member of the baseball team. Webster received his Master of Business Administration from Midway University and also received a Associate of Arts degree in Recereational Leadership from Onondaga Community College.
Webster has served a number of capacities on the national level, including committee positions with College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
Webster and his wife, Cait, reside in Ottumwa with their two daughters, Mia and Hadley.