Frank MacDonald, Assistant Athletic Director/Sports Information Director

Now in his 23rd year as the school’s sport information director and assistant athletic director, Frank MacDonald has strived to expand and intensify the awareness of Seattle Pacific athletics throughout the Puget Sound region and state of Washington.

During his tenure, MacDonald has published 15 media guides which have been judged best in the nation by CoSIDA and 13 others which have placed among the top three. He has also twice won CoSIDA’s award for best feature writing in the nation, a competition which included schools of all divisions. Outside of SPU, MacDonald often works for ESPN and ABC Sports as a researcher and spotter, and he has contributed freelance articles to The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer among various newspapers and periodicals.

The University of Washington graduate’s 25 years of extensive writing and editing background includes 10 published sports books for children. He came to SPU in 1984 following four years of experience in media/public relations in college and professional sports as well as corporate accounts. MacDonald has previously served as media coordinator for the Pacific West Conference and Northwest Collegiate Soccer Conference for several years.

MacDonald has served on the NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Regional Advisory Committee since 2004. He has worked on media relations for the host committees of the 1994 World Cup for men and the 1999 World Cup for women, and has served the past three years as Seattle venue press officer for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Champions World Series of international soccer exhibitions.

He, his wife Cheryl, son Kyle and daughter Mary reside in West Seattle.