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YEARS AT THE W IN 2025-26: 5th
YEARS IN THE PROFESSION: 40th

Mississippi University for Women announced Dave Beyer as the University's Director of Athletic Communications in August of 2021.

Beyer oversees the communications needs for the Owls' 17 sport, NCAA Division III intercollegiate program. Additionally, he has served The W Athletics as the co-coordinator for the annual fund-raising golf outing, organized and helped institute the school's first-ever Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023, and was highly involved in the writing, editing, and organization of both the Year 2 and Year 3 reports that helped the University gain full NCAA III membership status in 2023-24.

Prior to coming to Columbus, Beyer - a native of Whittier, California - spent the previous two years at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Before that, he spent seven years at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, where he helped oversee the War Hawks’ transition to NCAA Division III. 

Beyer has worked at every level of collegiate athletics. He spent two years at NCAA Division I Mercer University (Ga.) from 2010-11 and has spent more than 30 years of his career working for NCAA III schools and conferences In addition to OPSU, McMurry, and Mercer, Beyer's work stops have included Benedictine University (Ill.), Rockford College (Ill.), Loras College (Iowa), Aurora University (Ill.), Cal State-San Bernardino (Calif.), Rancho Santiago Community College (Calif.) and Biola University (Calif.). Additionally, he concurrently served two stints as the publicist for the NCAA III Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference.

In 2006, he served as the host communications director for the NCAA Division II Women's LaCrosse Championships and the NCAA III Track & Field Championships (two weeks apart). Beyer considers these events as "the highlight" of his career. And why not, considering he had undergone successful surgery for colon cancer in November of 2022 and was having chemo treatments concurrent with his successfully administering the communications operations for both championship events? 

Beyer served as the host school media liaison for the 2010 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball championships, featured on ESPN, while at Mercer. Additionally, Beyer has overseen several NCAA regional and conference tournament media relations operations for volleyball, basketball, soccer, tennis, track & field, baseball, and softball. 

Beyer has been a member of the prestigious College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America selection committee since 1998. He has also been on the CSC Publications and Digital Design Contest committee since 2001. 

During his career, Beyer has earned more than 78 regional and national awards for writing and publications. In 2011, he received his 25-year award from CoSIDA for a quarter-century of service to the athletics communications profession.

Beyer is a 1984 graduate of Biola University (in La Mirada, California), earning his bachelor’s degree in communications. He was a four-year member of the Eagles’ wrestling team and was voted as the athletic department's "Most Inspirational Athlete" as a senior. He prepped at Whittier Christian High School (Calif.), where he played football, wrestled, and was a member of the track & field team.

Beyer resides in Columbus. He is single and a "fur daddy" to his dog, Shelby.