Former OU SID Moran To Receive Lifetime Honor
Jun 14, 2011 | General
OMAHA, Neb. - Former Omaha University Sports Information Director Mike Moran will be honored later this month with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the College Sports Information Directors of America. The award will be presented at the annual CoSIDA convention at Marco Island, Fla. on June 28.
Moran, an Omaha native and an alumnus of Omaha University, began his career as the Indians' SID on June 3, 1966. He spent two years at OU before becoming the SID at Colorado, a job he held from 1968 to 1978.
Moran went on to work for almost 25 years for the United States Olympic Committee where he was eyewitness to such milestone moments as the 1980 "Miracle on Ice", his first Olympics; Mary Lou Retton's all-around gold medal in gymnastics in 1984; the "Dream Team" of professional basketball players at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; and the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan figure skating episode in the 1994 winter games.
In all, Moran was the USOC's spokesman and media coordinator through 13 Olympics and two boycotts. He retired from the USOC in 2003 but not before receiving its highest award, the General Douglas MacArthur Award, in November of 2002.
He was inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame in October of 2005 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the United States Sports Academy in 2006. He was a 2002 inductee into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame.
Moran is currently in his eighth year as a professional consultant, serving as the Senior Media Consultant for the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation.
Moran, an Omaha native and an alumnus of Omaha University, began his career as the Indians' SID on June 3, 1966. He spent two years at OU before becoming the SID at Colorado, a job he held from 1968 to 1978.
Moran went on to work for almost 25 years for the United States Olympic Committee where he was eyewitness to such milestone moments as the 1980 "Miracle on Ice", his first Olympics; Mary Lou Retton's all-around gold medal in gymnastics in 1984; the "Dream Team" of professional basketball players at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; and the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan figure skating episode in the 1994 winter games.
In all, Moran was the USOC's spokesman and media coordinator through 13 Olympics and two boycotts. He retired from the USOC in 2003 but not before receiving its highest award, the General Douglas MacArthur Award, in November of 2002.
He was inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame in October of 2005 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the United States Sports Academy in 2006. He was a 2002 inductee into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame.
Moran is currently in his eighth year as a professional consultant, serving as the Senior Media Consultant for the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation.
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