Joel Lamp enters his second year as the assistant athletics director for media relations at Jacksonville University. In his role, Lamp is responsible for the publicity of all 18 varsity sports at JU, the JU Sports Network, the official website of JU Athletics (www.JUDolphins.com), editor of all sports publications, and the JU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Lamp serves as the primary contact for JU's men's basketball program, as well as the men's and women's golf and tennis programs. He also fills in as color analyst on several Dolphin broadcasts and hosts the "JU Insider" - the weekly coach's show.

During Lamp's tenure at JU, he has overseen the redesign of the athletics website, developed a new look for JU's media guides as well as new format for the school's game programs. Lamp also served as the publicist for the men's golf team's run to the A-Sun title in 2006 which generated headlines across the globe.

Lamp was also instrumental in JU's role as the host of the first and second rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, serving as the media coordinator.

Prior to coming to JU, Lamp served as media relations coordinator for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in Daytona Beach, Fla. While with the LPGA, Lamp was responsible for working with the media at each tournament, publicizing the players and the LPGA Tour, working with tournament sponsors to garner greater exposure as well as running the media tent at each event.

Lamp also worked with LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division, publicizing several members in their efforts to help bring enjoyment to the game of golf.

A native of Decatur, Ala., Lamp graduated from Jacksonville State in 2001 with his bachelor's degree in communications with a concentration in public relations.

Upon graduation, Lamp served as the assistant media relations director at Troy State. While at TSU, he served as the contact for the men's and women's basketball, softball, men's and women's golf, volleyball while working as the secondary contact for the Trojans' football team as it moved from Division I-AA to I-A.

During his tenure at TSU, Lamp publicized the men's basketball team's historic run to the A-Sun Championship and ensuing bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2003.

After a three-year stint at TSU, Lamp was the sports information director at Mercer University for one year. During his tenure, Lamp oversaw a redesign of the athletics website while revamping all sports publications. He also was the "Voice of the Bears," handling the broadcast duties for all Mercer sports.

An avid golfer, Lamp was married to the former Bonnie Borden (also a graduate of Jacksonville State) on Feb. 19, 2005. The couple resides in Jacksonville.