Jim Heath
Jim Heath
Title: Sports Information Director
Phone: (757) 503-8107
Email: James.Heath@theuscaa.com

The native of Hampton, VA, is in his 18th year as Sports Information Consultant/Director for the United States Collegiate Athletic Association after serving for 16 years as Sports Information Director for The Apprentice School.

In his role with the USCAA, he has helped with the development of the website for the association along with serving as statistician for USCAA Golf Championships, Small College World Series, Basketball Championships and Baseball Small College World Series.  He has helped introduce the use of live stats to national tournaments and worked with tournaments for publicity locally and nationally.

Heath has also served as the USCAA Football Sports Information Director for seven years where he coordinated the coaches rankings and helped garner national recognition for USCAA football teams.  He is a constant source of assistance for member schools with statistics and Sports Information needs.

Heath worked in the Sports Information Office at Hampton University from 2015-2021.  His last four years at Hampton he was the Director of Sports Information in charge of publicity for the 17 NCAA Division I sports.

A 1992 graduate of Christopher Newport University, Heath was a student in the Sports Information Office throughout his collegiate days.  Upon graduation with an English degree, he worked for two years as the Sports Information Intern at Old Dominion University.  At ODU, he worked with nine sports including the field hockey team that did not lose a game in his two years.

After ODU, he returned to CNU serving as its first Assistant Sports Information Director for two years before going full-time with The Daily Press in Newport News, Va. in 1995 where he worked until March of 2001.

He is an active member of College Sports Information Directors of America and Virginia Sports Information Directors Association where he was elected for a second two-year term as President of VaSID in June of 2017.  Heath has served as the Sports Information Director for the Atlantic Central Football Conference (2004-2010), the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (2002-2007) and as the Media Director for the Virginia Duals wrestling tournament (2004-present).  He was named the recipient of the Bob Moskowitz Media Award by the Peninsula Sports Club in June of 2008.

Currently, he is the Associate Director of Communications at Old Dominion University.