Matt Hoover is in his second season as coordinator of media relations at TCU. Hoover came to TCU from South Dakota State University, where he served as a graduate assistant from 2005-07.

At TCU, Hoover is the main contact for women's soccer, men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track and field. He also handles the video services for the TCU media relations department. In 2008, Hoover's Track and Field Media Guide was nominated as the fourth-best media guide in his region by CoSida.

A native of Elkhorn, Neb., Hoover graduated from South Dakota State in 2005 and received his Master's degree in mass communications/journalism in Brookings.

At South Dakota State, Hoover worked with the Jackrabbits, women's soccer, wrestling, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's track and field programs. He began his media relations career as a student assistant/intern at SDSU in June of 2004.