PORTALES, N.M. – Eastern New Mexico University Athletic Director Dr. Greg Waggoner recently announced the hiring of Michael Molina as the Assistant Athletic Director for Facility Operations and Special Projects.

Molina joins the Greyhound administrative staff following a six-year stint as the Assistant Athletics Director for Game Management and Marketing at California State University San Bernardino. Molina will assume the position at Eastern New Mexico effective July 1 and will be in charge of all athletic facility and equipment operations as well as assisting with athletic events and serving as a member of the athletic department senior management team.

"We are very pleased to have Michael aboard the Greyhound Nation family," Dr. Waggoner said, "He comes to us with extensive experience in collegiate athletic facility operations. His affable people and relationship skills will be an asset to facility operations as well as his contributions as a member of the athletic senior management team."

While at CSU-San Bernardino, Molina was tasked with the supervision of game operations for all 10 CSU-San Bernardino intercollegiate sports as well as the oversight of all athletic facilities associated with the university.  Molina served as the tournament director for all California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference and NCAA postseason events hosted by CSU-San Bernardino as well.

"I'd like to thank Dr. Elwell and Dr. Waggoner for this opportunity to work in the athletic department at Eastern New Mexico," said Molina, "I look forward to the next chapter in my professional career. In just the few hours that I was on campus I could really feel the family atmosphere and the comradery that everyone seemed to have with each in the athletic department and I'm excited to be a part of that."

The Kansas City, Mo. native oversaw all nine athletic facilities during his time at CSU-San Bernardino in order to ensure proper facility maintenance and worked with members of the coaching staff to coordinate facility usage for game and practice schedules. Molina's efforts in game day operations helped contribute to increased attendance by 30 percent over his six-year career at CSU-San Bernardino and boosted the overall in-game atmosphere by implementing new promotional and marketing plans to increase attendance and ticket sales.

Prior to his appointment as the Assistant Athletics Director at CSU-San Bernardino, Molina got his start in collegiate athletics by serving as an intern within three different athletic departments in the state of California. In 2010-11 he served as an Event Operations Intern at Cal State University Long Beach before making the move over to the University of California Irvine to serve as an Athletic Communications Intern.

Molina transitioned into game day operations in 2011-12 as an intern in the CSU-San Bernardino athletic department as a Marketing and Game Operations Intern before serving as the General Manager of the Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park for a year prior to accepting his role as Assistant AD at CSU-San Bernardino. He also served as the Community Services Coordinator for the Fontana Community Services Department in Fontana, Calif. from 2001-10 following a six-year stint as the Athletic Director and Physical Education Teacher at St. George Parish School in Ontario, Calif.

"I look forward to coming in and evaluating the current procedures to see what can be streamlined and improved in order to assist the athletic department in it's continued effort to develop a strong and respected championship culture," said Molina, "I am thrilled to be a part of the team and I look forward to moving to Portales and becoming a part of Greyhound Nation."