DePauw University

Bill Wagner joined the DePauw staff as sports information director in December 1986 and is responsible for external communications and publicity for all 23 of the University's intercollegiate athletic programs.

• Oversees the athletics social media platforms and the content on DePauwTigers.com.  In July 2019, he was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Athletics Communications.
• Has served as a host media coordinator for over 30 NCAA events including the 2001 Division III Men's Tennis Championships and the 2003 and 2010 Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships.
• A member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Wagner served on the national organization's board of directors from 2005-08 and, in 2008, became the first president of DIII-SIDA. He served in that capacity until 2011.
• Since 2002, Wagner has worked as a district coordinator for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program.
• In 2014, Wagner was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame.
• Received many publications awards through CoSIDA including a "Best in the Nation" award for the 1996 and 1997 football media guides and for the cover of the 1988 football media guide. The 2002 and 1994 guides earned second-place honors. In all, eight of the DePauw football guides were ranked among the top five in the nation as well as three men's basketball guides.
• Served as a venue media director at the Tenth Pan American Games in Indianapolis in 1987 and assisted with media relations at the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Final Four in Indianapolis and the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Midwest Regional at the Pontiac Silverdome.
• Worked in sales for the Cleveland Cavaliers professional basketball team during the summer of 1983.
• Has been a member of the Football Writers Association of America, the United States Basketball Writers of America and the Collegiate Baseball Writers of America.
• Tiffin, Ohio, native earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in marketing and an emphasis on advertising and marketing research from Miami University in 1985
• Obtained a Master of Arts in sport management from The Ohio State University in 1986. He worked in the sports information offices at both schools.
• He and his wife, Shelly, along with their children Nadia and John reside in Greencastle.