Mickey Ryan was named Arkansas State's Associate Athletics Director for External Relations in May of 2013.
Ryan comes to A-State as a well-known public figure within the region and state who gained notoriety the last eight months as a radio personality hosting one of East Arkansas Broadcasters’ (EAB) popular afternoon sports-talk shows. He brings over 20 years of experience in sales, broadcasting and marketing with him to ASU. Ryan has enjoyed a successful broadcasting career at multiple radio and television stations in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Arkansas State University alumnus returned to Jonesboro in March of 2010 as a radio-show host on the sports-talk based 103.9 FM The Game before accepting a position with EAB’s 95.3 FM The Ticket in September of 2012. During his tenure at both stations, Ryan was also involved with sales and served as Sales Director at The Game.
Ryan’s “Game Time with Mickey Ryan” afternoon show became one of the highest rated sports radio programs in the area, with sales increasing by at least a factor of 5 for both stations. The Ticket saw a double-digit rise in accounts, and Ryan was instrumental in adding top sales to The Game through his role in bringing St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball and Dallas Cowboys’ football games to the station.
Since returning to Jonesboro to cover his alma mater, Ryan has been involved with various functions and radio broadcasts associated with A-State Athletics. He has worked as a sideline reporter for A-State football games, a pregame football show host, handled some play-by-play duties for Red Wolves’ baseball and served as MC for ASU’s Sun Belt Conference championship celebration at Liberty Bank Stadium and its inaugural “The stAte Awards.”
As the Red Wolves’ Associate Athletics Director for External Relations, Ryan will supervise marketing, multi-media, ticket sales, promotions, fan experience, social media (marketing and sales) and special events.
Prior to his time at 103.9 The Game, Ryan was a successful realtor at Crye-Leike in Brentwood, Tenn., while also working in radio, television and commercial acting. He spent 13 years with Crye-Leike as a broker, sales manager and recruiting director. During his time with the realty company, he consistently ranked among the top sales executives nationally and was a regional “Rookie of the Year.” He was awarded multiple multi-million dollar sales club awards as well.
His experience in radio and television extends back to 1989, when he served as a play-by-play and color commentator for KNEA (Jonesboro) after earning his bachelor’s degree in communications from Arkansas State University. Ryan has also served in various capacities at WSMV-TV (Nashville, Tenn.), HGTV (Hollywood, Calif.), WLAC Radio (Nashville), 104.5 The Zone (Nashville), KAIT-TV (Jonesboro) and WBKO-TV (Bowling Green, Ky.).
