Scottie Rodgers joined the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association staff as Director of Communications in August 2020. He was elevated to Vice President of Communications in March 2024.
In his senior staff role, Rodgers oversees the media operations for the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and the press box operations for all college games at AT&T Stadium as well as implements strategic communications objectives, coordinates publicity and leads the social media strategy with an emphasis on digital marketing for the Classic, CBAA and Cotton Bowl Foundation. The 2025 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 90th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic is set to be his 27th Classic to work and sixth as a member of the CBAA staff.
No stranger to the Cotton Bowl Classic, Rodgers was a part of the media operations staff for 21 years (2000-19), serving as a team media liaison for 17 games, before joining the staff in a full-time role. His 30+ years working in college athletics has included stops at three NCAA Division I conference offices (SEC, The Ivy League and Sun Belt), the NCAA national office, CBS Sports Digital and Tulane University.
Active nationally, Rodgers has been involved with College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) since 1996. In June 2025, Rodgers was inducted into the
CSC Hall of Fame, becoming just the 11th Black person to earn induction, and received the Mary Jo Haverbeck Trailblazer Award. He was recognized with the organization's 25-Year Award in June 2020 and the President's Award twice in June 2021 and June 2024. He is just the 28th person in the organization's history to be recognized with five or more honors.
Rodgers joins Cotton Bowl Classic legends Charlie Fiss (2017) and Jim "Hoss" Brock (1974) as CSC Hall of Famers, giving the Classic the unique distinction of being the only bowl game to have three communications directors be honored in the same Hall of Fame.
He currently serves as Chair of the CSC Inclusion Committee and oversees and is a co-founder of the CSC Inclusion Fellowship in partnership with the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. He also serves on the organization’s Division I Cabinet (since September 2020), Special Awards Committee (since June 2014) and Black College Sports Information Directors Leadership Council (since June 2015). Rodgers helped create CSC’s Racial and Social Justice Initiative in June 2020. Previously, he served on the organization's Social Committee from 1997-2009 and as Chair of its University Division Football Championship Subdivision Management Advisory Committee from 2010-14.
Rodgers serves on the Executive Board of the Black Sports Professionals North Texas Chapter as the Marketing & Communications Committee Chair and is a current member of National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He is also on the advisory board for the Sport and Entertainment Management Program at Trevecca Nazarene University. His previous committee work has included serving on the College Football 150th Anniversary Communications/Public Affairs Committee (2017-19) and the NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Committee (2013-16).
Rodgers has worked various NCAA and national championship events throughout his career, including 18 NCAA Men's Final Fours, eight NCAA Women's Final Fours and eight College Football Playoff National Championships (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025). He was also a part of the operations staff during the first and second rounds of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship held in Indianapolis.
Rodgers has worked on the media operations staff for various professional and international sporting events, including at the Kentucky Derby from 2002-07 and with the New York Yankees for the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 American League Division Series, 2009 and 2010 American League Championship Series and 2009 World Series. He was also an active member of the local organizing committee for the 2002 FIBA Men's World Basketball Championship and 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).
The Atmore, Ala., native graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication in 1995. He spent three years as a student assistant in the athletics communications office during his time in Tuscaloosa.
Rodgers resides in Arlington.
