Episode 44: Tim Bourret | Clemson University Assistant AD/Football Communications - a podcast by Richmond Weaver

Episode 44: Tim Bourret | Clemson University Assistant AD/Football Communications

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Show Notes:Rich Spotlight: Tim Bourret

Enjoys the Fake Twitter account and has fun with it and still doesn’t know who created the account

Grew up in Connecticut listening to Notre Dame sports on the radio since his dad was a Notre Dame graduate and was always enthralled with numbers and statsDidn’t have any intentions of pursuing a career in sports information as he had plans to work on the stock exchange floor

His dad had a chance meeting with Roger Valdiserri, SID at Notre Dame which eventually led Tim to be an intern while a student at Notre DameOpportunity at Clemson came available under Bob Bradley and Tim was hired where he helped cover all sports at Clemson

Started doing color commentary for men’s basketball in 1980 and also did commentary for football from 1982-1988

Greatest athlete at Clemson in his opinion is CJ SpillerTim embraced the evolution of social media because it gave the other non-revenue sports a way to self-promote

His job can be challenging today as he has to balance the need for media access to coaches and players versus the protection of privacyWords of Wisdom from Tim Bourret:“Align yourself with a school, don’t align yourself with a coach or someone you work with.” Received from Roger Valdiserri about his career in sports information





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To Follow Tim Bourret on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimBourret (@Tim Bourret)To Follow Fake Tim Bourret on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FakeTimBourret (@FakeTimBourret)

Books by Tim Bourret:https://www.amazon.com/Clemson-University-2016-National-Champions/dp/0794845142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514412433&sr=8-1&keywords=tim+bourret (Clemson University: 2016 National Champions)https://www.amazon.com/If-These-Walls-Could-Talk/dp/1629372692/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1514412433&sr=8-2&keywords=tim+bourret (If These Walls Could Talk: Clemson Tigers)

https://www.amazon.com/Clemson-University-Football-Vault-Bourret/dp/0794824307/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1514412433&sr=8-6&keywords=tim+bourret (Clemson University Football Vault)

https://www.amazon.com/Basketball-Dummies-Richard-Phelps/dp/1118073746/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1514412433&sr=8-3&keywords=tim+bourret (Basketball For Dummies)

https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Notre-Fighting-Irish-Locker/dp/161321782X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1514412433&sr=8-4&keywords=tim+bourret (Tales From the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Locker Room)

https://www.amazon.com/Father-Ted-Hesburgh-He-Coached/dp/1629374733/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1514412433&sr=8-5&keywords=tim+bourret (Father Ted Hesburgh: He Coach Me)


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