Pro Football Hall of Famer, Kellen Winslow, Sr. to Deliver Keynote at CIAA Championship Football Banquet
October 29, 2007
Charlotte, NC...The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
welcomes Pro Football Hall of Famer, Kellen Winslow, Sr. to the
CIAA Football Championship Banquet as its keynote speaker.
The banquet, set for Thursday, November 8 at the Hilton Charlotte-
Center City, kicks-off the CIAA football championship
weekend. This event will begin promptly at 7:00pm.
For Kellen Winslow, Sr., being a member of the Pro Football Hall of
Fame, Class of 1995 and member of the NFL All-Time Team-
celebrating 75 years of NFL history, are only a couple of his
achievements. He continues to define success on and off the
field. Today, he serves as the Director of Planning and New
Event Development for the Walt Disney World® Sports Complex in
Orlando, Florida where he is responsible for developing the
business strategy for this multi-million dollar facility.
This facility has been ranked number one in the country as being
the premier facility for amateur athletic events. It serves
as spring training camp for the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay
Buccaneers as well as host to a variety of nationally recognized
athletic events.
Before joining Walt Disney World Kellen served as the Executive
Director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, an affinity group made up
of minority members of the National Football League front office,
coaching and scouting personnel. Kellen's strong blend of
leadership and tactical foresight helped forge partnerships with
NFL teams ensuring that minorities were equally represented and
considered in the hiring process.
Kellen's accomplishments are not just limited to football and the
boardroom, he also led a successful career in the media. He
served as an analyst for the Fox Sports Net College Football
Saturday Studio Show; and provided color commentary for NFL
broadcasts on CBS Radio, ESPN college football and for University
of Missouri football.
He has appeared on ABC's Nightline, ESPN, Fox Sports and most major
local and national radio and television sports talk shows. He
is a professional speaker and is often called upon to speak on
social, political, economic and racial issues relating to
sports.
Kellen was born on November 5, 1957 in East St. Louis,
Illinois. He began playing football during his senior year at
East St. Louis Senior High School. In 1975, Kellen was
awarded a football scholarship to the University of Missouri,
Columbia. In 1978, he was named Big Eight Player of the Year
for his academic and athletic achievements and earned consensus
All-American honors. He was the 13th player selected in the
first round of the 1979 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.
Kellen enjoyed a nine-year career with the Chargers; earning
All-Pro honors five times and setting both team and league records
that stand to this day.
Other honors from Kellen's football career include being named
All-Pro, Consensus Collegiate All-American and induction into the
College Football Hall of Fame, Class of 2002. Kellen is said
to be the player who defined the tight end position for the rest of
pro football to follow.
A firm believer that academics and athletics go hand in hand,
Kellen graduated from the University of Missouri receiving a
Bachelor of Educational Science in Counseling Psychology. He
returned to school after his football career and earned his Jurist
Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1993.
