Doug DeBiase is in his 10th season at the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, including the last seven as the Associate Commissioner when he was promoted to the position in July 2016. He previously served as the Assistant Commissioner from 2014-16. DeBiase also serves in a similar role as Associate Commissioner of the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL), which is run in conjunction with the CACC office.
In his role, DeBiase oversees all external communications for the conference, including the website, videos, the CACC Network, social media and student-athlete awards. He also handles scheduling and select championships for the conference. In addition to those roles, DeBiase also represents the CACC as the National Chair of the NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Committee. He also serves as a member of the East Region Advisory Committee for Division II Men's Basketball.
DeBiase came to the CACC in 2014 after five years at Franklin Pierce University where he was Director of Athletic Communications for four years before being promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Communications and Marketing in September 2013.
During his time at Franklin Pierce, DeBiase restructured the athletic communications office, created a new marketing and community relations program, developed new revenue streams through an online store and pay-per-view game webcasts, promoted the school’s game environment enhancement initiative, and implemented a new online team sponsorship fundraising section on the department’s website. He was also the producer and director of a variety of multi-media projects for special events in the department, managing a staff comprised of an assistant director, a graduate assistant, and team of student-workers. In addition, DeBiase was responsible for sport communications, website maintenance, the online store, slogan and logo branding, publications, broadcasting, and social media.
From 2011 and 2013, Franklin Pierce added five new varsity programs including sprint football, women’s ice hockey, track and field, women’s bowling and women’s golf. DeBiase was a member of the strategic planning committees responsible for these additions. He served two years as sport administrator for men’s and women’s ice hockey, gaining the women’s program conference affiliation in the ECAC East Women’s Ice Hockey League after the program’s first season.
Before signing on at Franklin Pierce, DeBiase held the role of Assistant Manager of Athletic Media Relations at the University of Maine for two years before being promoted to Associate Manager in October 2007.
After graduating from Penn State University in 2002, DeBiase interned at the University of Florida where he was the primary contact for the 2003 SEC champion men’s golf and nationally-ranked men’s swimming and diving programs and was an assistant contact for the nationally-ranked football and men’s basketball programs.
DeBiase went on to cover breaking news on professional and college sports for The Sports Network, a 24-hour wire service before he joined the United States Naval Academy as Sports Information Intern in 2004. While responsible for the baseball, men’s and women’s track and field/cross country, sprint football, gymnastics, and women’s basketball media relations at the Naval Academy, DeBiase also worked as Press Box Assistant for the Baltimore Ravens (National Football League) for the 2004-2005 season.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Penn State and a Masters’ Degree in Sports Administration from Liberty University.