Associate Commissioner for Brand Strategy and Broadcast
Dave Friedman joined the league in 2023. He is tasked with leading branding initiatives, collaborating on digital storytelling, and acting as the Voice and Face of the conference throughout the year.
Friedman comes to the SoCon after 17 years broadcasting basketball games and producing content at Winthrop University, and with a two decade track record of baseball, basketball, and football play-by-play experience on radio and television.
A Northern California native, Friedman graduated from Syracuse University where he was at the mic on student radio for the team's 2003 men's basketball national title. He has spent time at Gardner-Webb University, Johnson C. Smith University, Middlebury College, Radford University, the University of Vermont, and Winthrop.
Friedman broadcast minor league baseball for five seasons. He has experience in booth calling college baseball at Wake Forest University and Winthrop.
In addition to his roles with colleges and professional teams, Friedman has worked TV broadcasts for ACC Network Extra, ESPN+, FloSports, a variety of Regional Sports Networks (RSN's), and Stadium.
After earning his master's degree at Winthrop, Friedman began working as an adjunct professor of Mass Communications at the school.
He spent two years hosting weekly shows on the Horse Racing Radio Network that aired on Sirius/XM.
Email: dfriedman@socon.org
Phone: 864-591-5100 ext. 201