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Zags fans mingle with players at ‘Friends of Spike’ NBA draft party in honor of Holmgren, Nembhard

June 24, 2022

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Murray’s Mailbag: Did the Nevada Wolf Pack just crack the code to NIL deals?

June 21, 2022

Friends of Rocky

‘Friends of Rocky’ becomes 1st NIL Collective in Mid-American Conference

June 21, 2022

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Friends of Spike

Zags fans mingle with players at ‘Friends of Spike’ NBA draft party in honor of Holmgren, Nembhard

June 24, 2022

Friends of The Pack

Murray’s Mailbag: Did the Nevada Wolf Pack just crack the code to NIL deals?

June 21, 2022

Friends of Rocky

‘Friends of Rocky’ becomes 1st NIL Collective in Mid-American Conference

June 21, 2022

Friends of Rocky

Toledo NIL collective Friends of Rocky becomes first MAC collective

June 21, 2022

Friends of Rocky

UToledo Name, Image, and Likeness collective announced

June 21, 2022

Friends of UNILV

Andre Agassi Foundation helps fund third-party NIL program for UNLV athletes

June 21, 2022

Friends of UNILV

Blueprint Sports Launches ‘Friends of UNILV’ Name, Image, and Likeness Collective at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

June 21, 2022

Friends of The Pack

Nevada student-athletes now have NIL representation via Blueprint Sports

June 21, 2022

Friends of UNILV

Andre Agassi helping fund new NIL program for UNLV athletes

June 9, 2022

Friends of Spike

Discussing NIL opportunities for Gonzaga student-athletes with Friends of Spike’s executive team

May 12, 2022

Friends of Basevols

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May 3, 2022

Friends of Basevols

NIL deals, media access helping popularize Tennessee Vols baseball | Adams

May 3, 2022

Friends of Basevols

Tennessee Vols Christian Scott’s game-ending catch worth $1,000 — and a lot more | Adams

April 27, 2022

Friends of Wilbur & Wilma

By embracing NIL, not shying away from it, Arizona football is prepared for the future of college sports

April 27, 2022

Friends of Basevols

NIL comes to UT baseball

April 5, 2022

Friends of Basevols

Press release for Friends of Basevols

April 5, 2022

Friends of Spike

Former Gonzaga standouts aiming to help current student athletes turn a profit

March 15, 2022

Friends of Wilbur & Wilma

Arizona football players receive laptops as part of ‘Friends of Wilbur and Wilma’ NIL program

March 10, 2022

Blueprint Sports

Tucson business leaders launch NIL collective to connect Wildcats athletes with endorsement money

March 4, 2022

Friends of Spike

Former Gonzaga players launch ‘Friends of Spike’ program to help athletes with NIL

March 2, 2022

Friends of Spike

Friends of Spike Press Release

March 1, 2022

Friends of Wilbur & Wilma

Arizona coach Jedd Fisch on spring football, the Wildcats’ QB room, recruiting, NIL

February 23, 2022

Friends of Wilbur & Wilma

New Ways To Support Wildcat NIL Opportunities

February 9, 2022

Friends of Wilbur & Wilma

Friends of Wilbur & Wilma Press Release

February 9, 2022

Blueprint Sports

NCAA’s new NIL rule could open door for recruiting success at UNLV

November 9, 2021

Blueprint Sports

College NIL marketplace launches new campaign with UNLV basketball players

October 5, 2021

Craig Pintens

Craig Pintens is a member of the Wisconsin Bar, where he earned his Juris Doctor from Marquette University School of Law and his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing cum laude from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Craig is currently the Athletic Director at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

A proven athletic administrator with leadership experience at national championship-winning programs, Pintens came to LMU from the University of Oregon, where he served as senior associate athletic director for the past seven years. In that role, he helped lead Oregon’s athletic programs to tremendous success in competition and transformed the fan experience, strategic planning processes, athletics operations, promotions, and fundraising while overseeing the marketing and communications departments.

Pintens, who served as National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) President in 2013-14, guided each of the revenue-producing departments under his oversight at Oregon to increases and achievement of record numbers. Additionally, Pintens helped Oregon build one of the most influential digital and social presences in college athletics.

Prior to his tenure at Oregon, Pintens worked in the athletic departments at Louisiana State University, Marquette University, and the University of Texas-Pan American. As he would at Oregon, as Assistant Athletic Director of Marketing at LSU, Pintens implemented strategic ticket sales plans, leading to record ticket sales and attendance numbers, while also developing a social media strategy that led to one of the largest social media imprints in college athletics.

At Marquette, he enacted fundraising initiatives that generated more than $2 million while increasing the donor base by 33 percent. At the University of Texas-Pan American, he managed sales, promotions, and game-day operations; he successfully negotiated the university’s first Spanish radio broadcast deal.

Pintens is an accomplished public speaker, appearing at conferences throughout the country. The National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators has honored him with 35 awards in the areas of season ticket campaigns, advertising, ticket sales, new media, video, and corporate sponsorship.

Pintens resides in Westchester, CA with his wife, Jill, and children Kaitlin, Jackson, Tate, and Avery.