athletic staff directory · the main uconn locker room is 3,750 square feet. there is also a...
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Athletic Staff Directory ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
Facility Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4-5
Visiting Team Locker Room Facilities
Game Day Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6-10
Bag Policy and Prohibited Items
Band
Cheerleaders and Mascot
Family Post-Game Meeting Location
Parking
Police Escorts
Post-Game Meal Information
Pre-Game 105 Minute Meeting
Sideline
Video Personnel
Visiting Athletic Director’s Suite
Visiting Coaches’ Box
Visiting Team Bench and Pre-Game Warm-Up Area
Credentials …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11
Athletic Operations ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12
Field Access Requests & Visiting Team Travel Form
Communications ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13
Contact Information & Media Specifics
Sports Medicine …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
Contact Information & Hospital Information
Ticket Information ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….... 15
Contact Information & Ticket Specifics
General Information …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….... 16
Airport, Bus Lines, Car Rentals & Hotel Accommodations
Appendices …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17-23
Appendix A: Visiting Team Locker Room Guide Appendix D: Post-Game Delivery MapAppendix B: Stadium Map Appendix E: Parking MapAppendix C: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Seating Map Appendix F: UConn Game Schedule
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VISITING TEAM LIAISON
Director of Event ManagementDanielle Upham – primary contactOffice: 860-486-0498Cell: [email protected]
OFFICIALS LIAISON
Director of Event ManagementCatherine ZuppaniOffice: 860-486-7994Cell: [email protected]
UCONN FOOTBALL
Director of Football OperationsRyan SteinbergOffice: 860-486-6109Cell: [email protected]
SPORTS MEDICINE
Head Athletic TrainerBob HowardOffice: 860-486-3634Cell:[email protected]
Assistant Athletic TrainerTony SalvatoreOffice: [email protected]
EQUIPMENT
Equipment & Facilities Manager; Football Mike ShapleyOffice: 860-486-2050Cell: [email protected]
ADMINISTRATION
Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Sport Administration & SWATBD2095 Hillside RoadStorrs, CT 06269
Associate Director of Athletics/Facilities Evan FeinglassOffice: 860-486-1258Cell: [email protected]
TICKET OFFICE
Associate Director of Athletics/Ticket OpsKyle KravchukOffice: 860-486-4269Cell: [email protected]
PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM
Pratt & Whitney Stadium OperationsDerek MilesCell: [email protected]
UCONN POLICE
Police EscortsMarc HannaOffice: 860-486-4800Cell: [email protected]
BAND
Director of Athletic BandsDr. David MillsOffice: [email protected]
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615 Silver LaneEast Hartford, CT 06118
Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field is located in East Hartford and opened in 2003, as the Huskies defeated Big Ten Conference member Indiana, 34-10. Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, named for Pratt & Whitney aircraft founder Frederick Rentschler, is built on a former 75-acre airfield donated by Pratt’s parent company, United Technologies, to the State of Connecticut. The airfield opened in 1931, and saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. There is a display on the history of the site as an airfield in the stadium.
The natural grass playing surface of Rentschler Field is 26 feet below grade at the stadium and was resodded in the summer of 2011. With 38,000 seats, Rentschler Field features stadium seating, outdoor chairback seating, fully enclosed club seats and luxury suites. The tower at Rentschler Field includes levels for suites, club seating and media/game management facilities.
There are 38 suites in the stadium and more than 600 seats in the club area, which also includes a 12,000-square foot function area, which is used by club patrons on gameday and is available for meetings and social events the remainder of the year. The outdoor seating area of Rentschler Field includes nearly 4,000 chairback seats with the rest being bleacher seating.
The media facilities have seating for 125 media members in the main press area. There are separate booths for television and radio broadcasts. That level also includes booths for coaching staffs, security, public address announcer, scoreboard operation and other gameday facilities.
The main UConn locker room is 3,750 square feet. There is also a coach’s locker room, equipment area and medical training rooms. The visiting team locker room is also spacious and has similar amenities. All parking for the stadium is located within the footprint of the stadium site – which makes it unique for a college football facility. In total, there are 10,600 parking spaces at the Rentschler Field site.
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The Visiting Team Locker Room is located at the bottom of the ramp between Gates B and C. Security will be posted at access points and will remain in place until the team has left the facility.
UConn will provide all Visiting Teams with the following accommodations:• 65 full size lockers with large shower/bathroom facilities at the end of the area• A separate, private room for coaches/staff • Separate athletic training and equipment areas
In accordance with Conference policy, Visiting Team Locker Rooms will include the following:
• 2 Dry erase boards with markers• 300 Towels (a reasonable increase will be made in case of inclement weather)• 8 Cases of chilled soft drinks (type will be requested by the visiting team)• 100 Game programs• Soap for showers• Table for water station• Ice (# of pounds depends on weather)• 3-4 Taping stations
For inquiries regarding equipment truck deliveries and locker room setup, please contact Derek Miles who is responsible for Stadium Operations, at 860-899-9785.
Please note that when sending equipment trucks to Rentschler Field, if at all possible, please use trucks that don’t have under-bellies or wind flaps on the trailers or all unloading will need to occur at the top of the ramp pre-game and post game.
For more information on locker room facilities, refer to Appendix A.
Please have your band director to contact the Director of Athletic Bands, Dr. David Mills at 860-486-2165, or at [email protected], if your band is planning on attending. Also, please indicate on the Visiting Team Travel Form that is included with this guide that the band will be coming to UConn. Please note that tickets for your school’s band must be taken from part of your team’s overall ticket allotment. Visiting bands will be seated in section 135. For more information, please refer to the seating map at Rentschler Field in Appendix C.
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Specific areas will be designated for the visiting team cheerleaders and mascot at Rentschler Field. The visiting team cheerleaders & mascot locker room will be shared with the UConn cheerleaders. The locker room is located at the bottom of the ramp adjacent to the visiting team locker room.
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The post game meeting location for visiting team family and friends is at the team bus, located in Lot 5 (Green Lot) adjacent to the stadium between Gates B and C. The buses are parked at the top of the ramp/service entrance at half time.
Please see the map in Appendix A.
Parking for all visiting teams is located in Lot 5 (Green Lot) adjacent to the stadium. Once your team arrives walk down the stairs/ramp and your locker room will be on the right at the bottom of the ramp. After the game, your buses will be parked at the top of the ramp/service entrance to the right.
The following parking permits will be sent two weeks prior to your scheduled game at UConn to the attention of your Director of Athletics:• 2 VIP White Lot (Numbered Lot)• 8 VIP Tan Lot (Numbered Lot)
Visiting team fan parking is located in our Red Lot. Fans may use the Willow Street Gate, Main Gate, or East Gate for access to the Red Lot. Any visitors that require handicapped parking should enter Main or East Gate to access the Handicap lots. Staff will be on site to direct fans to the appropriate parking location. Parking lots will open four (4) hours prior to event start time. Entry gates to the stadium open 90 minutes prior to event kick-off. The parking fee is $15 for cars, $25 for RV’s and $30 for buses, cash only. Illegal parking on area roadways or streets will result in vehicles being ticketed and towed. Overnight parking is not permitted. Please note parking lots close two hours after day games and immediately after night games.
Please refer to the parking map in Appendix E.
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In accordance with conference policy, UConn will make available a police escort for all Visiting Teams for travel between the airport, stadium, and the team’s hotel both the day before and on game day. To arrange a police escort for your team, please contact Officer Marc Hanna at 860-486-4800 of the UConn Police Department.
Indicate on the Visiting Travel Form the contact name of the person on your staff who is designated to coordinate the delivery/pick-up, which vendor is providing your post-game meal, the agreed upon delivery time, and the vendor’s phone number.
Food must be delivered at the end of the 3rd quarter/start of the 4th quarter to ensure that the vendor can get into the venue prior to traffic exiting. The catering driver will need to enter through the East Gate (off of Silver Lane) and will be directed toward Lot 5. Once at Lot 5, they will enter through the visiting team tunnel/loading dock and will be allowed to drive down and drop off outside the visiting team locker room. Any delivery questions should be directed to the Danielle Upham, Director of Event Management at 860-771-8002.
Please refer to Appendix D for delivery map.
Comella’s745 High StreetWestwood, MA
781-461-0800 http://www.comellasrestaurants.com/catering
Boston Market2834 Main Street Glastonbury, CT
860-659-2850 https://www.bostonmarket.com/catering/
Qdoba26 Front Street Hartford, CT
888-736-2224https://www.qdoba.com/online-ordering?search=east%20hartford,%20ct
A Step Above Catering
On Campus 860-428-6743University CateringContact – Will Prokop
KFC30 Burnside Avenue East Hartford, CT
800-865-1987https://www.kfc.com/store-locator?query=east+hartford&catering=on&buffet=off&wifi=off
Moe’s 30 State House Square Hartford, CT
844-235-6637http://www.moes.com/public/pdf/catering_menu.pdf
Bears BBQ89 Arch Street Hartford, CT
860-785-8772 http://bearsbbq.com/catering-2/
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Rentschler Field is able to accommodate your requests for sideline communications. Please contact Derek Miles, at 860-899-9785 the week prior to your team’s departure.
Rentschler Field is an FCC Frequency Coordinated Venue for all UConn home football games. Any use of wireless devices such as microphones, IFB, intercoms and/or cameras by visiting teams, media and/or radio must be coordinated by the onsite FCC representative. In order to make sure you are compliant and to avoid frequency issues on game day, please email a complete list of your frequencies to Derek Miles at [email protected] at least seven (7) days prior to the game.
Please contact Danielle Upham, Director of Event Management, at 860-771-8002 for vendor information regarding sideline heater/cooling systems in Connecticut. Visiting teams will be required to coordinate scheduling, payment, and delivery for sideline heating and cooling systems.
Rentschler Field is set-up to accommodate visiting team video personnel on the 6th floor roof level. Access to the 6th floor is via the Tower B elevator which is located directly down the tunnel adjacent to the visiting team locker room. The video location on the 6th floor is on the 50 yard line. Individuals who will be working in this area are required to display the proper credential distributed by UConn game management. Please contact Derek Miles, at 860-899-9785, with any questions concerning video.
The pregame meeting will be held in the Officials Locker Room, 105 minutes prior to kickoff on game day. The meeting is conducted for all conference and non-conference games. The meeting covers game day management, referee, and conference concerns, security issues, TV issues, weather report/procedures, emergency evacuation procedures and personnel, and timing issues/clock malfunctions. Football Operations Directors from both the home and visiting teams are required to attend. A member of the UConn game management staff will escort the Visiting Football Operations Director to the meeting.
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The Visiting Coaches’ box (Box 517) is located on the 5th floor Press Level. In accordance with Conference Policy, Visiting Team coaches will be escorted to and from the coaches’ box by a member of the UConn Police Department. Please contact Derek Miles at 860-899-9785 with your team’s dry line and telecommunication needs. The elevator at Tower B will be held 5 minutes prior to the end of each half and will be restricted for exclusive use of the coaches. Per the NCAA policy, a television has been provided in the visiting team coaches box for the purpose of viewing the television broadcast. Please see the map in Appendix A that illustrates the team locker room and elevator locations at field level.
The Visiting Team bench is located on the South/West side of Rentschler Field. The field will be divided into 65-yard/35-yard segments until 40 minutes before game time. At that point, the field will be re-divided into 45-yard/45-yard segments up until the 20-minute mark on the game clock, when the field will clear.
The Visiting Athletic Director’s Suite (Suite 510) is located on the 5th floor Press Level. Suite 510 may be accessed from the elevator at either Tower A or Tower B.
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In compliance with conference policy, the following credentials will be sent no later than 10 days before your game, to your Director of Athletics:
• Ten (10) All Access (AA)▫ This includes 3 Passes for Sports Information/Media Relations Staff▫ Please provide the 10 names to UConn on the Visiting Team Travel Form
• Twelve (18) Coaches Box (CB)▫ 12 Passes for Coaches Booth (5th floor press level)▫ 4 Passes for Coaches Video (6th floor press level)▫ 2 Passes for Coaches Phone
• Eighty (80) Bench Area Passes (VB)▫ 12 Passes for Coaches Booth (5th floor press level)▫ 4 Passes for Coaches Video (6th floor press level)▫ 2 Passes for Coaches Phone▫ 1 Field Staff Pass – Cheerleading Coach▫ 60 Bench Passes
No one under the age of 16 years old may receive a credential.
All individuals issued visiting team bench passes must remain inside the team bench area. All guests with visiting team bench passes outside of this area will be directed back to the bench area by stadium security.
Visiting team administrative staff may enter Rentschler Field with proper credentials with the visiting team travel party. Working staff may not escort family members or guests into the stadium, they must be ticketed. Visiting Team ticketed family members and guests should enter through the gates when they open 90 minutes prior to kickoff.
All equipment and athletic training staff who arrive early on game day must have proper credentials to receive access to Rentschler Field.
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This form will be emailed to the Director of Football Operations so that it can be filled out electronically and emailed back to the UConn Athletic Operations office. Once the form is completed, please email it as an attachment to Danielle Upham at [email protected].
All field access/walk thru requests must be included on the Visiting Team Travel Form. Your confirmed walk thru time will be communicated to your Football Operations point of contact by the Director of Event Management, Danielle Upham, prior to your team’s departure for Connecticut.
All requests will be dependent upon weather and field conditions.
Danielle UphamDirector of Event Management
2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-2839
860-771-8002
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Media credential requests should be made via email to Patrick McKenna, Associate Director of Athletics/Football Communications. This request must be received by the UConn Communications department no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled game date.
The visiting team press conference will be held in an area adjacent to the visiting team locker room near the visiting team tunnel. This is a secured area, and only individuals displaying game issued credentials will be granted access. Please see the map in Appendix A.
The Media Will Call window is located at Gate B and opens 2.5 hours prior to kick-off. Before a credential is issued, a photo ID must be presented and the individual’s name must appear on the authorized list for credentials. It is prohibited to pick up credentials for someone other than yourself for or to transfer the credential to another individual. All bags and equipment are subject to inspection upon entry.
Pat McKenna Associate Director of Athletics/Football Communication
2111 Hillside Road, Unit 1078Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-2394
860-420-7311
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Head west on Silver Lane toward Gold Street. Take the 3rd right onto Roberts Street. Merge onto 84 West towards Hartford. Take exit 48 Asylum St. From exit ramp, take right onto Garden Street. At second traffic light, take a left onto Collins Street. Follow Collins Street for five blocks and take a right onto Atwood St. and the first left onto Ashley Street. The emergency room is in the John T. O’Connell Tower on the right side of Ashley Street.
Please note that a separate mailing will be sent directly to your football athletic trainers with more specific information regarding sports medicine visiting team information.
Bob HowardAssistant Director of Athletics/Athletic Training
505 Stadium Road, Unit 3204Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-3634
860-486-5277
64 Woodland StreetHartford, CT 06105
: 860-714-4000
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Twenty (20) tickets to the Visiting Team Athletic Director’s Box (Suite 510) will be mailed two weeks in advance of your game at UConn.
Tickets are mailed to all visiting teams by the end of July.
Sections 134, 135, 136, 137, 234, 235, 236, 237 and 238. Please see the map in Appendix C.
Visiting team will call is located at Gate D and opens 1.5 hours prior to kick-off.
Kyle KravchukAssociate Director of Athletics/Ticket Operations
2111 Hillside Road, Unit 1078Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-4269
860-970-2314
860-486-9396
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: (860) 292-2000
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Fairfield Inn & Suites121 Pavilions Drive
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Radisson Hotel Hartford50 Morgan Street
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Hartford Hilton315 Trumbull StreetHartford, CT 06103
860-728-5151
Hartford Marriott Downtown200 Columbus Blvd.Hartford, CT 06103
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18Note: Map not drawn to scale
The map below is of the Lower ‘S’ level of Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field. Your team locker room is located immediately on your right as you enter the tunnel. Your post-game interview room is two doors down on your right. To enter the field, proceed straight ahead from your locker room, your sideline is on the left as you enter the field. The coaches booth is located on the 5th floor press level in room 517. UConn Police will escort your coaches to and from the booth. Please note the elevator will be held with five minutes left in each half for the coaches. Finally, for post-game, please ask all parents and visitors to meet the team at the top of the ramp to the right. Your team buses will be positioned there.
UCONN SIDELINE
VISITOR SIDELINE
UCONN LOCKER ROOM(CLOSED)
UCONN
INT.
VISITING
TEAM
LOCKER
ROOM(CLOSED)
V.T.
INT.
* Visiting Team Interview Room is labeled V.T. INT.
Post-game waiting area for families
at top of ramp
Visiting Team Equipment
Truck Parking
ELEVATORSto/from
press box &coaches’ booth
FIELD ACCESS
SHARED
CHEER
LOCKER
ROOM
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UCONN SIDELINE
VISITOR SIDELINE
VISITOR
TUNNEL
UCONN
TUNNEL
PRESS & SUITE TOWER
SC
OR
EB
OA
RD
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Food should be delivered at the end of the 3rd Quarter. The catering driver will need
to enter through the East Gate (off of Silver Lane) and will be directed toward Lot 5.
Once at Lot 5, they will enter through the visiting team tunnel/loading dock and will
be allowed to drive down and drop off outside the visiting team locker room.
Any delivery questions should be directed to the Danielle Upham, Director of Event
Management at 860-771-8002.
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Thursday, August 30 vs. UCF* 7:00 PM ESPN U
Saturday, September 8 @ Boise State 10:15 AMESPN 2 or ESPN U
Saturday, September 15 vs. Rhode Island 12:00 PM SNY
Saturday, September 22 @ Syracuse TBA
Saturday, September 29 vs. Cincinnati* TBA
Saturday, October 6 @ Memphis* TBA
Saturday, October 20 @ USF* TBA
Saturday, October 27 vs. UMASS TBA
Saturday, November 3 @ Tulsa* TBA
Saturday, November 10 vs. SMU* TBA
Saturday, November 17 @ East Carolina* TBA
Saturday, November 24 vs. Temple TBA
Note: Bolded games are UConn home events* Conference Games