BUFFALO BITS 2004 SCHEDULE - Collegefootballdatadvds.com

program including over 185 licensees and negotiated all sideline and
apparel agreements for athletics.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Bucknell in 1987,
and received his master’s in education and sports administration from
Temple University in 1994.
Prior to his career at Villanova, he spent 20 months as the director
of licensing at Temple University, and over five years before that as an
account representative with the Xerox Corporation in Morris Plains, N.J.
He was an assistant coach with USA Water Polo in 1983 and 1984,
instructing more than 80 nationally ranked players at the U.S. Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs. He worked mainly with the Under
18 Elite Team, as he was well qualified for the position due to his lettering
four times in water polo at Bucknell, where he was a first-team
all-East selection and team captain as a senior. He also has logged time
as a high school swimming and water polo head coach.
Born December 17, 1964 in Meadowbrook, Pa., he graduated from
the Lawrenceville (N.J.) School in 1983, where he lettered in swimming
and water polo. His hobbies include cooking, reading, and almost any
sport in the water. He is single.
DAVE GIORDANO
Director of Sales & Marketing/
Club Seats & Suites
Dave Giordano is in his fourth year as
the director of sales and marketing for CU’s
club seats and suites. The construction of
the new structure atop the east side of
Folsom Field was completed prior to the
2003 season.
In his position, Giordano, 34, coordinates
sales of all premium football seats for
CU, including the Flatirons Club. When all is
said and done, he will be responsible for
almost 3,000 seats and 49 suites on both
sides of the stadium.
Prior to his promotion, he worked as
the athletic department’s events coordinator from 1994 until taking
over business manager duties for the Golden Buffalo Scholarship Fund
three years later. He first came to CU from Northwestern Mutual Life,
where he worked in sales for a year in the Boulder office.
He graduated from Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, Calif.)
in 1991, earning his bachelor’s degree in both economics and mathematics.
He earned his MBA in marketing from CU-Boulder in 1992.
Born November 3, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pa., he graduated Salpointe
Catholic High School (Tucson, Ariz.) in 1987, where he played soccer.
His hobbies include hiking, fishing and softball. He is married to the former
Shelly Simmons, and they have a daughter, Courtney (2), and a son,
Ryan (1).
BILL HARRIS
Alumni C-Club Director
Bill Harris is in his fourth year as the
Alumni C Club Director, as he was named to
the position in May 2001. He is responsible
for developing relationships with letterwinners
in all sports, maintain communication
with them, provide opportunities for them
to return to campus and coordinate various
alumni functions and activities.
Harris, 62, has continued on a part-time
basis in CU’s Alumni Association office,
where he has been working since October
2000, to strengthen the Black Alumni
Association on campus.
Also known as “Buffalo” Bill Harris, he
lettered three times in football at CU between 1961 and 1963, leading the
team in rushing as a junior with 582 yards in 1962. He is one of 47 players
in school history to have rushed for over 1,000 yards in a CU career,
as he is 26th on the all-time list with 1,486. He still stands 24th all-time
in all-purpose yards, as he amassed 2,411 via rushing, receiving and
returns. (For a peek at what Bill looked like as a student, refer to the H’s
under all-time lettermen.)
440
He relocated back to Colorado in 2000 from Paramus, N.J., where had
resided since 1974. He was a healthcare executive for over 25 years,
with extensive experience in administering acute medicine, as well as
long-term and ambulatory care, personnel, community medical outreach
programs and regulatory agencies. He spent most of that time as
an administrator at the Bergen Pines Community Hospital before completing
his medical career as the vice president of operations for the
Bergen (County) Regional Medical Center where he oversaw a $25 million
budget. He also was active in the community, ranging from New
Jersey Supreme Court Arbitrary Committee and Community Chest work
to 14 years coaching little league baseball.
An at-large member on the board of the Colorado chapter of the
National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame, he was
a board member for several years for the Bergen County chapter and
received their Distinguished American Award in 2001.
He attended CU from 1960 through 1964, but finished up his bachelor’s
degree in Education at Montclair (N.J.) State University in 1968, and
then earned his master’s in both Sociology and Business from MSU in
1972.
Following his playing days at CU, he was drafted by the NFL’s New
York Giants. He went on to play three years in the Canadian Football
League, for Ottawa in 1964 and then Calgary in 1965-66.
Born May 30, 1942 in New Jersey, he is a graduate of Hackensack
High School. He is married (Susan), is the father of two, son Trevor and
daughter Lisa, and is the grandfather of two.
PREMA KHANNA
Director of Marketing
Prema Khanna is in her first year as CU’s
director of marketing, as she was promoted
to the position July 7, 2004. She is in her
third year overall the department, having
worked two years as promotions manager
for the Buffaloes after joining the staff in
August 2002. She is responsible for coordinating
marketing efforts for football,
basketball and volleyball ticket sales, as
well as promotions both on and-off the
fields and courts, including game day
atmosphere.
Khanna, 33, came to Colorado from
Texas Tech, where she worked two years as
the director of marketing and promotions. She got her start at Missouri,
her alma mater, as a graduate assistant in 1995, and was hired full-time
the following year as marketing and promotions coordinator. In 1997,
she was promoted to assistant director of marketing and held that position
for the next three years before moving on to Texas Tech in 2000.
She graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s
degree in business administration in 1995, and earned her master’s
degree in sports administration from MU in 1997.
Born July 29, 1971 in Haldwani, India, her family moved to Cleveland,
Ohio, when she was a toddler, and then to Toronto, Ontario in second
grade. She lived in Canada until she was 13, when her family established
residency in Columbia, Mo. She graduated from Rock Bridge High
School, where she played tennis. She is single.
DERIC SWANSON
Director of BuffVision
Deric Swanson is in his sixth year as the
Director of BuffVision, coordinating all
aspects of production involving the $3.6
million video display board operation for
athletics (first installed at Folsom Field for
the 1999 season). He’s the only BuffVision
director CU has ever had.
Swanson, 30, came to CU from Ascent
Sports, Inc., in Denver, where he had
worked for a brief time as the manager of
game entertainment and video production.
He had previously worked three-plus seasons
with the Colorado Rockies Baseball
Club, first as a stadium camera operator,