Phone: 912-921-5854
Email: aenchbed@mail.armstrong.edu

Dr. Eddie Aenchbacher begins his ninth full year as the athletic director for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Dr. Aenchbacher's responsibilities include overseeing the entire athletic department and promoting Armstrong Atlantic State athletics in the community of Savannah.

Dr. Aenchbacher received his bachelor's degree in physical education from Armstrong Atlantic State in 1979, where he was a standout student-athlete for the baseball team as a pitcher. He received his Master's degree and Doctorate of Education from the University of Georgia.

Along with his student-athlete experience at AASU, Dr. Aenchbacher also coached the Pirate cross country teams for five years and started the first AASU men's soccer team, which he coached for seven years.

During Dr. Aenchbacher's tenure as athletic director, AASU's athletic programs have had tremendous success in the classroom and on the playing field. Student-athletes at AASU have excelled in academics with 48 percent earning a 3.0 grade point average or better. The overall grade point average of AASU student-athletes is 2.87, higher than the overall institutional GPA. In 2003-04, the AASU athletic department sent seven of eight teams to the NCAA DII Championships for the second straight season, the best ratio in the nation. The Pirates also collected the third-most points per sport sponsored in the annual NACDA Director's Cup competition, which tracks the performance of Division II schools in all sports. AASU accumulated its most Director's Cup points ever (328.5) and averaged 41.1 points per sport, behind only Grand Valley State (MI) and Cal State Chico.

Dr. Aenchbacher has been married for 13 years to Michele and together they are the proud parents of two children, Jesse and Lainey.

Phone: 912-921-5863
Email: andersdo@mail.armstrong.edu

Dr. Anderson's association with AASU since 1966 includes stints as an Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department of Education, Dean for Community Services and Registrar/Director of Admissions. Dr. Anderson joined the Athletic Department in 1992 and currently assists the AD with athletic eligibility and serves as academic advisor to AASU student-athletes. He was inducted to the AASU Athletic Hall of Fame as a Citation Award winner in 1996.

Phone: 912-921-5849
Email: lanedian@mail.armstrong.edu

A native Savannahian, Dianne Lane has been at AASU for the past sixteen years. Lane attended the University of Georgia and has been married to Ken Lane for 37 years. She has three children and five grandchildren, including two sets of twins - Tyler and Evan, and Parker and Dylan.

Phone: 912-961-3255
Email: jacksoch@mail.armstrong.edu

Chad Jackson begins his sixth year as the Director of Sports Communications at Armstrong Atlantic State University. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Jackson joined AASU from UNC Wilmington, where he served as assistant SID for the 1998-99 year. He graduated from the University of North Florida in 1995 with a Bachelor's Degree in history and served as the primary matrix board operator for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars in the team's first three seasons. An active member of CoSIDA, Jackson is married to the former Melissa Elliott-Pollard of Jacksonville, Fla., and the couple live in Pooler.

Phone: 912-921-5685
Email: parricha@mail.armstrong.edu

Charlie Parrish is in his second year as Director of Facilities, overseeing the AASU Sports Center, the ARC (Aquatics & Recreation Center), the baseball, softball and intramural fields, as well as the AASU Tennis Complex. He attended AASU from 1999-2002 and earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education while assisting the former director of facilities, George Bedwell. A native of Hardeeville, S.C., Parrish is recently married to the former Maria Herrera of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the couple currently reside in Savannah.

Phone: 912-921-2337
Email: lynchwil@mail.armstrong.edu

Dr. Will Lynch begins his seventh full year as AASU's Faculty Athletics Representative. A native of northern Michigan, Dr. Lynch came to AASU in 1993 and serves as an associate professor of chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Physics. A three-year varsity letter winner in men's basketball and all-conference performer at Kalamazoo College, he earned undergraduate degrees in mathematics and chemistry in 1986, then received his Doctorate from Wayne State in 1991 and spent two years at the University of Georgia as a post-doctoral associate.

Phone: 912-921-2080
Email: robertly@mail.armstrong.edu

Lynn Roberts begins her fifth year as the Senior Women's Administrator for the Armstrong Atlantic State athletic department. A former women's tennis coach from 1988-1991 for the Pirates, she currently serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Physical Education. She is married to current AASU baseball coach Joe Roberts and together the couple have two sons, Brian and Eric.