Jeff Howard, NCAA managing director of media and public relations, has accepted a position with the United States Olympic Committee.

Howard has served with the NCAA media and public relations staff since March 2003.

Howard will be the USOC director of corporate communications and oversee communications needs for key USOC event properties such as the Titan Games, the Pacific Rim Series and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. He also will be responsible for the USOC's media training program for U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches and delegation personnel, and will oversee the development and implementation of the USOC's National Anti-Doping Education Program.

This is Howard's second stint with the USOC. He was first hired in 1999 as an associate director of media and public relations. He was a part of the USOC's media services staff for the 2000 and 2002 Olympic Games, and served as press chief for the United States teams at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and the 2001 World University Games in Beijing, China. Most recently, Howard served as a USOC media services volunteer in Athens, Greece, during the 2004 Olympic Games.

Earlier in his career, Howard was an assistant athletics director for public relations at the University of Denver.

Howard began his public relations career as a media relations assistant with the Denver Broncos, where
he served as an advance official and team spokesperson. He also headed the publications efforts for the team, producing the annual media guide and game-day magazines. Howard left the Broncos organization in 1995 to become the first sports producer for KWGN-TV in Denver, overseeing a daily 15-minute sportscast.

He graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver with a degree in sports information and broadcasting.