Staff Directory

- Title:
- Senior Assistant Athletic Director for Men's Basketball Communications and Special Projects
- Email:
- Phone:
- (812) 855-9794
J.D. Campbell is in his 15th year at Indiana overseeing all communications activities for the IU men’s basketball program and his 36th year in collegiate media relations.
Campbell, 58, came to Bloomington after spending seven years at Bowling Green State University, where he served as Assistant Athletics Director for Communications and also oversaw the University’s licensing program.
A native of Las Vegas, Nev., Campbell received a degree in communications from Kansas Newman in 1986, and his master’s degree in sports administration from Xavier in 1994. He was an All-American baseball player at KNC in 1985 and also played two seasons at Taft (Calif.) College leading them to the California JC State Championship Tournament in 1983. He was the 1982 Nevada American Legion Baseball Player of the Year.
Campbell went to BGSU from Emporia State, where he was Director of University Public Affairs and Marketing (2000) for one year and SID for six years (1993-99). Campbell began his career as the SID at Johnson County CC from 1986-89 and was sports information and promotions coordinator at Northern Kentucky from 1989-93.
Campbell and his wife, Kerri, are the parents of two boys, Jon and Christopher.