Lance Fleming

Communications Specialist @Abilene (Texas) Independent School District

CopywritingCommentatorContent WriterProofreaderEditor🏐 Sports

After graduating from Abilene Christian University in 1992 with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications, I worked full-time for the Abilene Reporter-News as a copy editor before becoming a sportswriter in February 1993. I worked at the ARN for five years, covering Texas high school athletics as well as the Dallas Cowboys (I spent a week in Phoenix in January 1996 covering Super Bowl XXX) before moving to Lubbock with my wife to work at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. While in Lubbock, I covered Texas Tech from the academic side and the Lubbock Independent School District. After about 7 months in Lubbock, we moved back to. Abilene after I took the job as the Sports Information Director at ACU, which was NCAA Division II at the time. I worked at ACU from August 1998 until I left in July 2019, when ACU was an NCAA Division I member. I served as SID before moving up to Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations and then, finally, ending my 21 years of service as the Associate Director of Athletics. I had the good fortune to chronicle student-athletes who went on to careers in the NFL, future Olympians, and the program's first team to advance to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2019. I left ACU to join the team at the Abilene Independent School District in 2019, just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. I spent more than three years as the Chief Communications Officer before moving to a new role in January 2022 as a Communications Specialist. Our district -- like most in Texas -- is facing a multi-million dollar budget shortfall, and my job is being eliminated on June 30, 2025. In addition to my work, I've been married to Jill for 26 years. We have three children: Rex, Ashley, and Ryan. Rex passed away in November 2012 after a two-year battle against brain cancer. Ashley is a 19-year-old freshman at Abilene Christian University, and Ryan is a 13-year-old 7th-grader and aspiring golfer.

People also viewed

Darlene Currier

Anthropologist | Researcher | Writer

MarketingEducationCommunications Manager+34 tags

Kelsey Sullivan

Business Owner @SRC

Chief commercial and product officer @SoyLei

Startup FounderMarketingC-level Executive+22 tags

Carla Nickodemus

Director of Business Development @International Concrete Solutions

United StatesMarketingBusiness Owner+26 tags

Costume designer @Calvin Klein

Investment Officer🏦 FinanceInvestment Management+1 tags

Fashion Designer🐦 Design3D Designer+1 tags

Bouya Kiangani Ndombasi

Managing Director @be.ceen | Wir lieben Außenkommunikation

Feedback from Lance’s ex-colleagues

user-post-1

user-post-2

user-post-3

Keep in touch with meI'm using Intch to connect with new people. Use this link to open chat with me via Intch app

Work Background

Communications Specialist at Abilene Independent School District

Abilene Independent School DistrictCommunications Specialist at Abilene Independent School District

Jul. 2019Abilene, Texas, United StatesAfter three years as the Chief Communications Officer for the district, I moved to a new role after COVID took the joy out of my job. I am now utilizing my skill as a writer to present stories to the district and the public about the great things that are happening the students, teachers and programs in the Abilene ISD.

Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations

Abilene Christian UniversityAssociate Director of Athletics for Media Relations

Aug. 1998 - Jul. 2019Abilene, Texas, United States

Staff Writer

Lubbock Avalanche-JournalStaff Writer

Feb. 1998 - Aug. 1998Lubbock, Texas, United StatesCovered several beats for the A-J, including Texas Tech (academic side) and the Lubbock Independent School District. I was also a general assignments writer, covered the police beat on weekends, and wrote a few sports stories.

Sports Writer

Abilene Reporter-NewsSports Writer

Feb. 1993 - Nov. 1997Abilene, Texas, United StatesI covered high school, college and professional sports, including the Dallas Cowboys. My primary beat was high school athletics. Abilene is home to two highly successful Class 5A athletics program in Abilene High School and Abilene Cooper High School, and I was fortunate to cover each of them. I also covered collegiate games on occasion. My other primary beat was covering the Dallas Cowboys (home games only) from 1991 when I was a part-time staff member through 1997. I spent a week in Phoenix in January 1996 covering Super Bowl XXX between Dallas and Pittsburgh. I covered the NFL Draft from Valley Ranch (team headquarters) and went to Training Camp in Austin for at least one week for 5 straight years.

Intch is a Professional Networking App for the Future of Work

300k+ people

130+ countries

AI matching

Get Intch if you'd like to

Get Recommended to New Customers

Connect with Like-Minded People

Find a side project

Reach Top Niche Experts

Find Jobs on a Hidden Market

Find a Perfect Co-Founder

Find a Trusted Mentor

Hire Top Global Professionals

See more people like Lance on Intch

Copywriting

327963 people

17

Executive Creative Director / Art Director / Founder @ Those Guys Are Great, Inc

24

Partnership Marketing @ DonorsChoose

17

Sr Director, Customer Support

CopywritingContent Writer

147780 people

17

Executive Creative Director / Art Director / Founder @ Those Guys Are Great, Inc

17

Content manager and creator

16

Founder, Senior Accountant @ Self Employed