Athletic Director

Sports Information Director

Tyler Cundith
tcundith@jccc.edu

In his 19th year at JCCC, 18th as sports information director, Tyler Cundith coordinates all media relations for the athletic department’s 18 sports.   He is the first full-time sports information director in the history of the college.  On Feb. 16, 2008, Cundith was inducted to the JCCC Athletics Hall of Fame.

During his tenure, Cundith has provided the publicity for 10 national championship teams, 56 teams with top-five finishes at nationals, 70 Region/District championship teams, 92 conference championship teams and over 700 individual All-Americans.
 
Additionally, Cundith has won 165 national awards for publications and writing, including 148 by CoSIDA. He has had 70 publications judged best in the nation, 65 by CoSIDA, four by the NJCAA and one by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.  He has also had 20 covers picked best in the nation by CoSIDA.  Cundith has finished among the top five in the country for total awards won several times in his career.  In 2002-03, Cundith led the country with 17 awards, ahead of Texas and Nebraska (15), Maryland (14) and Notre Dame and Texas A&M (13).  In 2003-04, Cundith was awarded a career-best 19 awards, including 10 “Best in the Nation” honors, which was second nationally to Nebraska (20) for the highest in the country.  Four years ago Cundith finished third with 13 awards behind Nebraska (16) and Notre Dame (16), and two years ago he was fourth with 11 awards behind Nebraska (18), Oklahoma (15) and Notre Dame (15).  Last year, he tied for fourth with LSU with 13 awards behind UCLA (15) and Kentucky and Oklahoma (14). He also had five publications judged “Best in the Nation”. Last year, Cundith won seven awards, including three “Best in the Nation”.  His seven awards were 17th among the 140 college, universities and conference offices cited for publication excellence.  In his division, Cundith had the second highest total, and he was the only SID from a community college to be cited for publication excellence by CoSIDA.  Cundith also has won several CoSIDA writing awards in the district, a competition which includes schools of all divisions.   Cundith has served the past nine years on the CoSIDA Publications Committee.

Cundith’s experience also includes stints with the Kansas City Attack Professional Indoor Soccer team as public relations director, the Kansas City Brass of the Premier Development Soccer League as media relations director and the Kansas City Chiefs in ticket operations.  In 1995, Cundith worked for ESPN as a researcher and spotter during the NPSL All-Star Game in Buffalo.  He also served on the media relations staff at the first and second rounds of the 1997 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.  Cundith’s extensive writing background also includes coverage for Sun Publications,  Major Indoor Lacrosse League, Kansas City Golf and Travel Magazine and the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.

In addition to his duties as sports information director, Cundith also teaches golf for the physical education department and coordinates JCCC’s summer youth golf camps.  In the summer of 1999, Cundith set a United States record by holing out the 488-yard par 5 sixth hole at Oak Country Golf Club in DeSoto.  His ace was just eight yards shy of the world record. It was also named “The Ace of the Year” by Golf Magazine and he appeared in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” in September 1999 issue.
Cundith graduated from the University of Kansas in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in communications.  In 1990, he earned his master’s degree in education/sports administration from Wichita State University.  

Cundith and his wife, Annette, have a son, Brandon, 16; and daughter, Kelsey, 14.