Danny McKenzie - Sports Information Director
- Lavon Driskell
- Jerry Conner
- Jack Moser
- Fred Smith
- Kevin Barefield
- Curt Fowler
- Danny McKenzie
- Johnnie Armstrong
Sports Information Director
Office Extension: 243
Email: dmckenzie@bmc.edu
Danny McKenzie is Assistant Director of Public Relations and Sports Information Director at Blue Mountain College. A veteran of 30 years in the newspaper business in Tupelo, Miss., Owensboro, Ky., and Jackson, Miss., McKenzie was named Mississippi’s top news columnist six times in addition to receiving numerous state, regional and national news and sports writing awards. In 1994, he received the “School Bell Award” from the Mississippi Association of Educators for his support of education.
An alumnus of Hinds Community College and the University of Mississippi, McKenzie is a certified lay speaker in the United Methodist Church, has served on the Millsaps College national marketing council, and is a past president of the Tupelo Rotary Club. He served on the board of directors of the Mississippi Arts Commission (2000-2005), and was vice-chairman and chairman. He also serves on the board of directors of Tupelo Community Theatre.
McKenzie is a member of First United Methodist Church in Tupelo, where he sings tenor in the chancel choir. His book, A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed, was published in 2009. His first book, Matters of the Spirit: Human, Holy and Otherwise, was published in 1998; it contains more than 40 of his newspaper columns about “faith-based” issues. He and his wife, Lee, live in Tupelo; they have two children and one grandchild.