Keith Mann was promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director for Communications in October of 2024. He had previously served as Associate AD for Communications since 2019 after being named Assistant AD for Communications in July of 2009. He has served as Nebraska's communications director since August of 2004.
He oversees all administrative operations of the communications office, while also serving as the day-to-day contact for the nationally recognized Nebraska football team, handling all publicity and communications for the Huskers. He assists with oversight of all of Nebraska's communication efforts, including Huskers.com.
Mann is just the fourth communications director in Nebraska history, following Chris Anderson, Don Bryant and John Bentley.
Mann spent two years as associate sports information director at Nebraska before assuming his current role. He returned to the Cornhusker state from the University of Tennessee, where he spent one season as an assistant sports information director for the Volunteers, working with the football team. After returning to Lincoln, Mann spent one year working with the Nebraska Golf Association before rejoining the NU athletic department.
Mann, who was also associate sports information director at NU from 1998 to 2000, worked four years as a student assistant and one year as an intern before spending three years as an assistant sports information director at Nebraska. Mann served as Nebraska's men's basketball contact for four seasons before leaving for Tennessee.
Mann earned a bachelor's degree in news-editorial from Nebraska in 1994. His wife, Leslie, is a Lincoln native and also a graduate of Nebraska. The couple has two daughters, Lauren and Madison.