1. Ken Haines was born on September 5,1942 and is an American television sports broadcasting executive who is known for negotiating television media and marketing contracts with universities, conferences and major broadcasting networks and cable companies.
Ken Haines is a retired president and CEO from Raycom Sports.
Ken Haines's father, Kenneth A Haines, was an administrator with the US Department of Agriculture and the US State Department.
Ken Haines has one brother, Tom, who was an executive for the state of Washington in Seattle.
Ken Haines received his bachelor's degree from Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota, in 1964.
Ken Haines earned a Master's of Science from Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, in 1970.
Ken Haines completed advanced graduate studies at Virginia Tech in 1976.
Ken Haines served as student body president at Dakota Wesleyan University in 1962.
Ken Haines began his broadcasting career in 1962 in Mitchell, South Dakota, at KORN radio and television.
Ken Haines served in the US Army from 1968 to 1970 in flight operations.
At Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, Ken Haines served as the executive to the university president and spokesperson for the university.
Ken Haines acquired WVTF, a National Public Radio station, for Virginia Tech and created the Virginia Tech Sports Network.
Ken Haines served as the game analyst on the radio network.
In 1981, Ken Haines joined in the formation of Raycom Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he negotiates television and new media digital contracts for Atlantic Coast Conference sports.
Ken Haines oversaw negotiations with ABC, CBS, ESPN and Fox Broadcasting Company for coverage of college football and basketball games.
In 2012, Ken Haines negotiated a new 15 year contract with ESPN and FOX for syndicated and cable coverage of Atlantic Coast Conference sporting events and with the Atlantic Coast Conference for digital and mobile rights.
Ken Haines founded the Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte in 2002, was instrumental in establishing the Blockbuster Bowl in Fort Lauderdale in 1990 and the college basketball Tournament of Champions in Charlotte in 1988.
Ken Haines is known for the failed attempt to form a college football game in Russia, the Glasnost Bowl.
Ken Haines was executive director of the Charlotte LPGA golf tournament, 1997.
Ken Haines is on the board of directors of Charlotte Collegiate Football and on the board of trustees of Dakota Wesleyan University.
In 2007, Ken Haines was published in the Charlotte Business Journal, contributing a piece called "A Tribute to Community".