2011 North Carolina Media Guide
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Marcus Berry Director of Player Personnel Third Season at UNC Christopher Luke Director of Football Video Operations Fourth Season at UNC Marcus Berry joined the football program in 2009 and is in his third season as Carolina’s Director of Player Personnel. In that role, Berry helps coordinate Carolina’s recruiting efforts, working closely with assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Allen Mogridge. He helps arrange and man- age on-campus recruiting visits and promotes and markets the high school coaches clinic and summer camps. A native of Cleveland, Berry played football at West Virginia and gradu- ated in 1990 with a degree in sports management. He worked four years for the NBA’s Washington Bullets as an account manager in the ticket and sponsorship department. He then worked two years in the insurance and banking industry before joining the coaching staff at Friendly High School in Ft. Washington, Md. Berry served 11 years at Friendly where he also taught history, health and physical education. Friendly won three state champion- ships during his tenure. Berry completed two NFL player personnel and scouting internships, one with the Green Bay Packers in 2003 and another with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2007. Berry resides in Durham, N.C. Joe Haydon Director of Football Operations Eighth Season at UNC Christopher Luke enters his fourth year as Carolina’s Director of Football Video Operations. Luke manages all facets of internal team video and game analysis needs for the football coaching staff and players. Prior to working at UNC, Luke was the assistant video coordinator at Texas A&M from 2004-08. Luke was the leader in educating and imple- menting a file transfer program allowing all Big 12 schools to be the first BCS conference to successfully exchange football game video over its peer to peer network. Previously, Luke worked for two years at the University of Missouri as the assistant director of video operations and was in charge of the daily operations of the football staff while assisting in the video management of 22 sports. Prior to that appointment, Luke did his graduate work in the speech communication instructional technology department at Northern Illinois University while serving as the football video coordinator for two seasons. Luke began his career at Eastern Illinois University as the student video coordinator in 1994, and graduated with bachelor of arts in speech communications with an emphasis in radio/television production in December of 1998. Luke is in his fourth year as the Vice President of the Collegiate Sports Video Association, which promotes the role of the video professional in sports. Luke is a native of Hoopeston, Ill. He is mar- ried to the former Sabra Hubbert of Sikeston, Mis- souri. They have two sons, Travis, 5, and Truman, 3. Joe Haydon enters his eighth year with the Tar Heels and sixth as the team’s director of operations. Haydon coordinates team travel, in-house recruiting visits and works with the NCAA on student-athlete admissions and eligibility. A native of Wayland, N.Y., Haydon played basketball at Division III Rochester Institute of Technology. He was the team captain and earned Academic All-America honors as a senior. After spending two years in the telecommunications business, Haydon attended Carolina’s sports administration graduate program. He worked as an intern in the football office in 2004, was hired as the assistant director of football operations in 2005 and was promoted to Director in 2006. Haydon is married to the for- mer Melissa Mecham. The Luke Family: Chris, Sabra, Travis & Truman Joe & Melissa Haydon TarHeelBlue.com • 65