Ken Haines

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Ken Haines
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Kenneth Hileman Haines

(1942-09-05) September 5, 1942 (age 80)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Occupation(s)Sports television and media executive
Known forRetired president and CEO of Raycom Sports
SpouseStephanie Phelps Haines
Children1

Ken Haines (born September 5, 1942) is an American television sports broadcasting executive who is known for negotiating television media and marketing contracts with universities, conferences and major broadcasting networks and cable companies. He is a retired president and CEO from Raycom Sports.

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Early life and education

Haines has lived in Spokane, Washington; Forty Fort, Pennsylvania; and Lexington, Massachusetts, and attended high school at Washington-Lee in Arlington, Virginia. His father, Kenneth A. Haines, was an administrator with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. State Department. He has one brother, Tom, who was an executive for the state of Washington in Seattle.

Haines received his bachelor's degree from Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota, in 1964. Graduate work at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (1965–1967). He earned a Master's of Science from Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, in 1970. He completed advanced graduate studies at Virginia Tech in 1976. Haines served as student body president at Dakota Wesleyan University in 1962. [1]

Professional career

Haines began his broadcasting career in 1962 in Mitchell, South Dakota, at KORN radio and television. While in Laramie he managed KLME radio (1966–1968) and established KUWR radio. He served in the US Army from 1968 to 1970 in flight operations. At Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia (1970–1981), Haines served as the executive to the university president and spokesperson for the university. He acquired WVTF, a National Public Radio station, for Virginia Tech and created the Virginia Tech Sports Network. He served as the game analyst on the radio network. [2] [3] [4]

In 1981, Haines joined in the formation of Raycom Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he negotiates television and new media digital contracts for Atlantic Coast Conference sports. [5] From 1985 to 1995 he negotiated television contracts for Big Ten, Pac-10, Big Eight, Southwest Conference and Metro Conference football and basketball games. [6] He also oversaw negotiations with ABC, CBS, ESPN and Fox Broadcasting Company for coverage of college football and basketball games. [7]

In 2012, Haines negotiated a new 15 year (2013–2027) contract with ESPN and FOX for syndicated and cable coverage of Atlantic Coast Conference sporting events and with the Atlantic Coast Conference for digital and mobile rights.

Haines founded the Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte in 2002, [8] [9] was instrumental in establishing the Blockbuster Bowl in Fort Lauderdale in 1990 and the college basketball Tournament of Champions in Charlotte in 1988. He also led the first HDTV telecast of a college basketball game (1999), [10] the first telecast of the “Emmy Awards for Sports” (1988), [11] the largest bulk buy of network time (all college basketball on ABC-TV, 1992–1995), [12] [13] the formation of ACC Properties (1994), the first comprehensive study regarding the feasibility of a college super conference (1990) [14] [15] [16] and the entertainment series Elvis' Graceland (1987–1997). Haines is also known for the failed attempt to form a college football game in Russia, the Glasnost Bowl (1989) [17]

He served as president of the University Faculty Club at Virginia Tech 1979–1981. Haines was a member of the publications board at Virginia Tech 1976–1980. He was a member of the board of directors of the Sunshine Football Classic in Fort Lauderdale, 1989–2000. Haines was executive director of the Charlotte LPGA golf tournament, 1997. [18]

He is on the board of directors of Charlotte Collegiate Football and on the board of trustees of Dakota Wesleyan University. In 2007, Haines was published in the Charlotte Business Journal, contributing a piece called "A Tribute to Community". [19]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ “Credo of Progress,” The Phreno Cosmian, October 19, 1962, Ken Haines
  2. ↑ “President Lavery laments a loss”, Spectrum, August 19, 1982
  3. ↑ “Haines, straight forward, above board,” The Collegiate Times, March 12, 1982, John Simmons
  4. ↑ “Public affairs chief leaving Virginia Tech,” Roanoke Times and World News, July 24, 1982, Charles Hite
  5. ↑ “History with ACC secures future for Raycom,” Sports Business Journal, October 4, 2010, Michael Smith and John Ourand
  6. ↑ “Power broker: Raycom official brings unique perspective to his job,” Greensboro News and Record, September 20, 1992, Wilt Browning
  7. ↑ “Raycom Sports seeks a new strategy,” Sports Business Journal, January 5–11, 2009, Michael Smith
  8. ↑ “Biggest game in town,” Charlotte Business Journal, December 20, 2002, Eric Spanburg
  9. ↑ “City scores big with first bowl game,” Charlotte Observer, December 17, 2002, Ted Reed
  10. ↑ “Raycom, Capitol give hoops the big picture in HDTV debut,” Sports Business Journal, December 13–19, 1999, Eric Spanburg
  11. ↑ “Emmy judging system reaches new benchmark,” USA Today, April 27, 1988, Rachel Shuster
  12. ↑ “Raycom sends ABC to a profit,” New York Times, January 31, 1992, Richard Sandomir
  13. ↑ “ABC, Raycom in college basketball deal,” USA Today, July 11, 1991
  14. ↑ “Football provides spark, money fans movement flame,” USA Today, August 16, 1990, John Bannon
  15. ↑ “Super-league seems hard to resist, by-pass,” Dominion Post, June 29, 1990, Mitch Vingle
  16. ↑ “History lesson: Super-Conference concept rooted in 1990 proposal,” Sports Business Journal, September 26- October 2, 2011, Michael Smith
  17. ↑ "Glasnost Bowl: Idea ahead of its time", St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 12, 1989, Dave Dorr
  18. ↑ “LPGA event’s crisis unites rescue effort,” Charlotte Observer, September 23, 1997, Ron Green, Jr.
  19. ↑ “A tribute to community,” Charlotte Business Journal, May 4, 2007, Ken Haines
  20. ↑ “Haines works magic with bowl,” Raleigh News and Observer, January 9, 2005, Carlton Tutor
  21. ↑ “The ACC’s 10 Most Powerful,” Orlando Sentinel, July 9, 2009, and Charlotte Observer, July 10, 2009, Andrew Carter
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