Josh Brunner - Senior Associate AD - External Relations and Strategic Initiatives - Staff Directory

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Josh Brunner

Title:
Senior Associate AD - External Relations and Strategic Initiatives
Email:
Phone:
(270) 809-5567

Josh Brunner joined Murray State Athletics in January 2023 as Senior Associate AD for External Relations and Strategic Initiatives.
He comes to Murray State from Mississippi State, where he served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Communications and led the communications staff and media activities of the Bulldogs' football program.
Brunner also worked with the athletics department at Louisiana, as Associate Director of Athletics for Communications and Digital Strategy.
He was part of the Louisiana football program that had a tremendous three year run from 2019-21, including winning a pair of Sun Belt Conference championships and competing in two bowl games.
He was the communications contact for the Louisiana women's basketball team in 2020-21
At Louisiana, Brunner oversaw the rollout and implementation of the communications strategy for the University's largest gift in history for athletics, a $15 million pledge to provide Our Lady of Lourdes the stadium naming rights for Cajun Field.
He assembled the largest creative staff in the Group of Five, yielding unprecedented engagement and results in the recruiting and fan engagement spaces.
With an exceptional effort in social media strategy, the Ragin' Cajuns realized a 134 percent growth from 2019-21 across all platforms.
Prior to Louisiana, Brunner worked at UAB as communications director and men's basketball media contact.
Brunner served as the contact for Kansas State men's basketball and worked at his alma mater, Auburn, when he was a student.
A native of Hoover, Alabama, Brunner earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Auburn in 2015 and a master's degree in Counseling and College Student Development from Kansas State in 2017.
Brunner lives in Murray with his wife, Kathryn.