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Neal Mead
Neal Mead
  • TITLE:
    Associate A.D. for Event Management
  • PHONE:
    662-915-1811
  • ALMA MATER:
    Southern Miss (2005, 2007)

Neal Mead came to Ole Miss in 2015 where he serves as the Associate Athletics Director for Event Management.

Mead leads a team of seven full-time staff and 30 student workers. Mead and his department are responsible for the overall planning, implementation, communication, and execution of all Ole Miss Athletics’ internal and external events.

Additionally, Mead helps provide oversight for operational and customer service support for our highest level donors within suites and clubs. He is directly responsible for ensuring the departments’ customer service standards are presented at all levels regardless of position or impact.

Mead originally joined the Rebels as Assistant Director for Event Management in 2015 prior to being elevated to his current position in 2017.

Prior to Ole Miss, Mead spent seven years at Southern Miss with a large majority of that time as the Assistant Director for Facilities and Event Management.

As Southern Miss, Mead provided oversight for all university athletic facilities, including a 36,000 capacity football stadium that included 36 luxury suites and two premium seating areas. 

Mead earned his bachelors degree from Southern Miss in sports administration in 2005 and a masters in 2007 in sport management.