Primetime Pards - Tom Odjakjian ’76

Join Tom Odjakjian ’76, the senior associate commissioner for broadcasting and digital content at the American Athletic Conference (formerly the Big East Conference), as we kick off the first Primetime Pards on Thursday, July 16 at 8 p.m. ET. 

Odjakjian currently serves as the senior associate commissioner for broadcasting and digital content at the American Athletic Conference. Prior to joining the American Athletic Conference in 1995, Odjakjian served in various executive roles at ESPN from 1981-94 including director of college sports. He was the architect behind the creation of ESPN’s basketball Championship Week and football Bowl Week and had a hand in the network’s NFL, NBA, NHL and Olympic sports programming. In 1994, he was named as The Most Influential Person in College Sports by College Sports Magazine and was tabbed as one of the four most influential people in college basketball Sporting News in 1990. 

The 1976 recipient of the Pepper Prize, Odjakjian graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics and business and played both football and baseball. 

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Primetime Pards is a year-long monthly alumni engagement series coordinated by Lafayette Athletics, in partnership with the Communications and Development divisions of the College.  Each edition of Primetime Pards is hosted by Gary Laubach of the Lafayette Sports Network on Zoom at 8 p.m. ET and feature a guest alum. Because of Zoom participation limitations, early registration for Primetime Pards is encouraged.