Contact Us
Russ Dean
General Manager
713.348.6917
russ.dean@imgworld.com

Nick Kallail
Account Executive
713.348.6962
nick.kallail@imgworld.com

Who Is IMG College
IMG College is the leader in developing integrated licensing, marketing, and multi-media opportunities for the nation's top collegiate brands across local, regional and national platforms.

With over 30 years in the business, we have long standing partnerships with some of the top universities in the country. We understand the unique environment of intercollegiate athletics and the challenge of balancing revenue generation within the mission of higher education. The goal is to provide the best experience for the student-athlete, fan and sponsor.

IMG College is a division of IMG, the world's premier sports, entertainment and media company. In the Sports Business Journal's most recent listing, IMG held the top ranking of best sports marketing agency in the country.

IMG College (formerly HOST) provides extensive, yet varied sports marketing services for several NCAA® Division I universities and conferences. In addition to Rice University, IMG College represents Arizona, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida, Furman, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, South Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Western Kentucky, Wofford and several conferences, including the Southeastern Conference, the Ohio Valley Conference, the Southern Conference and the West Coast Conference.

Through our partnership with the NCAA and CBS, IMG College can deliver a true national platform through the NCAA's 88 championships, including the lucrative Men's Basketball Championship. In addition, IMG College administers all daily promotional and marketing activities for NCAA Football and works closely with the American Football Coaches Association, the Collegiate Commissioners Association, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

Our licensing team, The Collegiate Licensing Company (also part of IMG College), is the unrivaled leader in collegiate brand licensing, managing the licensing rights for nearly 200 leading institutions that represent more than $3 billion in retail sales and more than 75% share of the college licensing market.

Our Philosophy
We, at IMG College, pride ourselves on helping our sponsors reach their goals by maximizing their opportunity and sponsorship dollars through an integrated, clearly defined marketing and branding program. We work with you to develop and activate specific solutions that exceed the marketing initiatives of our partners and sponsors.

IMG College understands the importance of strong collegiate partnerships and is selective about seeking those relationships. Our University and Conference partners are committed to academic and athletics excellence, but more importantly, are administered by individuals who share common commitments to professionalism, integrity, honesty and our passion for intercollegiate athletics within the framework of higher education.

Anyone can say they are innovative. Anyone can say they execute to perfection. We can and have done this for our partners. We work through three cornerstones of innovative execution - customization, creativity and communication.

Customization
We understand that each company is different and has specific goals and measurements of success for corporate sponsorships. We carefully explore the needs of individual companies to determine if their key marketing challenges match up with our capabilities and offerings.

We begin with what's right in front of us. What areas do we have that are a good fit for your needs? Do we have a way to reach that new consumer you're targeting ? When we work with existing or potential corporate sponsors, we customize the sponsorship to maximize the investment of each unique sponsor. While the end result will reflect a clearly defined sponsor category, the components included in the program will vary from sponsor-to-sponsor.

Creativity
We pride ourselves on creative thinking and developing ideas and programs to increase revenue for our universities through non-traditional programs. Through these strategies we find new and unique platforms for our sponsors to connect with the fans and the student population. We are always looking for ways to positively impact the greater community through these programs.

Communication
At IMG College, we take pride in the relationship we have with our schools and our corporate sponsors. We are truly partners and all part of the same team. We value transparency, open, honest and frequent communication. We begin by listening to your needs and then working together to build solutions that are mutually beneficial for our schools and our sponsors. It is a true partnership. We hope you'll join us.

Corporate Sponsors

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