USA South Administration

Rita Wiggs is currently in her seventh year as the full-time Commissioner of the USA South Athletic Conference. Wiggs served as part-time Commissioner during the previous year in addition to her teaching duties in the Cumberland County (N.C.) School System. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro graduate also holds a masters degree from North Carolina State University. Wiggs served as Director of Athletics at Methodist University for seven years and President of the Dixie Conference in 1997-98. During her tenure at Methodist, she coached the women’s basketball team for 13 years. Wiggs also served as sports information director, women’s golf coach, assistant professor of physical education and chair of the physical education department during her career at Methodist. Prior to arriving at Methodist, Wiggs was a teacher and coach in the Cumberland County School System, an assistant basketball and head softball coach at North Carolina State University and head basketball coach at Roane State Community College. Wiggs is a member of the UNC-Greensboro Athletics Hall of Fame, Methodist University Athletics Hall of Fame and the Fayetteville Sports Hall of Fame.

John Hill is currently in his first year of his first term as President of the USA South. Hill serves as Director of Athletics at Shenandoah University, a position he has held since 2002. Hill arrived at Shenandoah after a more than 26 year career as the Athletic Director and Head Men's Basketball Coach at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. In addition to his undergraduate work at Heidelberg, Hill earned a master’s degree from SUNY-Buffalo in 1974 and a bachelor’s in education from Bowling Green in 1984. In addition, Hill also completed doctoral work at the United States Sports Academy, Hill has both Level I and Level III certification from the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

Mike Christie is currently in his second year with the USA South after joining as the Sports Information Director in July of 2006. In January of 2008, Christie's title was changed to Assistant Commissioner. He was the Assistant Sports Information Director at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. and also served as the Director of Communications of the Little East Conference the previous two years. The year prior to becoming the Assistant Sports Information Director at Rhode Island College, he served a year-long internship in the institution's media relations department. Prior to Rhode Island College, he completed another year-long internship in the athletic media relations department at Providence College. A native of Ocala, Fla., Christie graduated from the University of Florida in December 2002 with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports sciences with a focus in sports management and a minor in business administration.

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