Stillman Names Finch Assistant AD For Compliance, Facilities & Game Operations

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Stillman College on Tuesday announced that Nicholas Finch has been named the college's assistant athletics director for compliance, facilities and game operations.

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Stillman College Director of Athletics Terrance Whittle said Finch comes the college after a decade of work in sports media, including a four-year stint in college athletics at the University of West Alabama.

Finch, a native of Toddtown in Clarke County, has made a name for himself as an award-winning sports journalist and athletic communications professional. He said in a statement that he is excited to put his game management background to work as he enters the world of athletic compliance.

"I am excited for this incredible opportunity to join the Stillman College staff," Finch said. "Education is one of my personal core values and I will take pride in making sure our student-athletes are attaining their educational goals while staying competitive in their respective fields of play. I want our student-athletes to know that what they do in athletics and in the classroom are equally important,"

Finch is a 2007 graduate of Clarke County High School and went on to earn his undergraduate degree in integrated marketing communications from the University of West Alabama in 2013.

He then embarked on a career in print journalism, working as the sports editor of the Choctaw Sun-Advocate in Gilbertown.

Finch was later hired as a staff reporter and sports editor at The Demopolis Times and Blackbelt Gazette in 2015, before joining the University of West Alabama athletics department in 2017.

During his time in Livingston, Finch served as the primary contact for UWA men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's golf, women's volleyball and softball.

What's more, Finch also worked as a broadcaster for UWA athletics — a role he has continued in with Stillman College baseball, softball and volleyball in 2022 through the Black College Sports Network and HBCU League Pass Plus.

Finch moved to Tuscaloosa last year and briefly worked with the University of Alabama School of Social Work and Paul W. Bryant High School before joining the staff at Stillman College.

Finch and his wife, Whitney — a teacher with Tuscaloosa City Schools — live in Tuscaloosa.

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