With financial support from the Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment and E. Ritter & Company in 2016, Pillow led the creation of a mobile media production unit that is used to support professional-level athletics productions.
Pillow and an A-State crew were invited to produce video broadcasts for the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Soccer Championship, the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Volleyball Championship and the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Pillow served as ASU-TV studio supervisor and taught classes in creative media production including interactive digital media, video post-production and sportscasting – a class he initiated in 2009. The emeritus instructor continues to teach in the A-State online program. Many of his students have gone on to work in sports broadcasting throughout the country.
Pillow has professional experience as an announcer, director, videographer and cable television coordinator. He has produced several videos, including "The Natural State Showdown" and a documentary about education of African-Americans in Craighead County before integration of schools.
In 2014, Pillow was selected as a Fellow for the 26th annual Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Faculty Seminar, where he participated in a week-long workshop. ATASF, which selects only 20 faculty members nationally for the seminar, is best known for the Emmy Awards it presents for best television performance and production.
Collin and Vicki Felker Pillow are 1924 Sustaining Life Members of the A-State Alumni Association.
