In August of 2011 Craig Hicks begins his 10th year as the Director of Sports Information at Denison University.

Hicks is involved in the day-to-day publicity of Denison's 23 varsity sports while serving as the primary media contact for Denison athletics.  Since his arrival in the fall of 2003 he has guided the department through three complete website redesigns, highlighted by the most recent move to www.denisonbigred.com. In addition, Hicks has assisted Denison in hosting numerous North Coast Athletic Conference and NCAA Championship events as well as the publicity surrounding Denison's men's swimming and diving national championship in March of 2011.

In 2008 Hicks oversaw the creation of the Denison Sports Network, organizing an training a team of student broadcasters to provide live audio and video play-by-play over the Denison athletics website.   Hicks has also had the opportunity to promote 25 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and nine NCAA Postgraduate Scholars since 2002-03, helping Denison rank among the national leaders in these two prestigious categories.

A native of Sugarcreek, Ohio, Hicks came to Denison after spending two years as the Graduate Assistant in Sports Information at Ashland University.

As an assistant at Ashland, Hicks was involved in the daily operation of the Eagles' 20-sport Division II athletic program. He authored media guides for various sports, traveled with the men's and women's basketball teams and served as the primary media contact during Ashland's run to the 2002 Division II Baseball World Series in Montgomery, Ala.

Hicks received his Bachelor of Science from Ashland University in 1999 and graduated with majors in Journalism/English and Sports Communication. In May of 2002 he received his Master of Science in Sports Education, also from Ashland University.

In between his undergraduate and graduate years, Hicks spent 1999-2000 as an intern in the athletic ticketing office at the University of Notre Dame. He has also served internships with the Cleveland Indians AA affiliate, Akron Aeros (1998) and the Ashland University Public Relations office (1999). He is also a member of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) and serves as a District Coordinator on the Capital One Academic All-America committee.

Hicks and his wife, Amy, reside in nearby Pataskala with their two dogs; Stevie and Kenny.