Kyle Cottam is in his ninth year at Utah State as an Assistant Athletics Director for Communications. In his role, Cottam serves as the primary media contact for the men’s basketball and soccer programs. Cottam, who has also worked with the volleyball program, oversees statistical crews for numerous sports and assists in other areas of the office.
Cottam came to Utah State after spending close to eight years in the athletic media relations department at Southern Utah, where he served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations and as an Assistant Sports Information Director. Prior to that, Cottam was a member of the athletic media relations staff at Indiana State.
While at Southern Utah, Cottam was the media relations chair at the 2007 and 2013 Western Athletic Conference Gymnastics Championships and helped to coordinate the media relations efforts for each of the Thunderbirds’ 17 sports.
While at Indiana State, Cottam served as the media relations chair at the 2005 NCAA Cross Country National Championships and as the co-chair of the 2004 national championship.
In addition to his role at Utah State, Cottam is also the Commissioner of the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference. The MRGC is one of only two gymnastic-only conferences in the nation recognized by the NCAA and includes Boise State, BYU, Southern Utah and Utah State.
Cottam is originally from Murray, Utah and graduated from BYU in 2004 with a degree in public relations. He and his wife Meaghan have four daughters, Molly (10), Lucy (7), Lily (2) and Sally (2).