Rick Bagby is entering his 8th year as the director of athletic video services. Bagby oversees the daily operations of a department that services the entire Clemson Athletic Department.
After graduating from the the University of North Carolina in 1995 with a B.A. in Physical Education, Bagby took a job with the North Carolina football department as a video assistant. Working with the offensive coaching staff he oversaw the weekly breakdown of opponent’s game video and the North Carolina self-scout video.
Bagby left North Carolina in March of 1997 to accept the job of assistant video director at the University of Wisconsin before moving on later that year to become the first ever video coordinator for the University of Louisville football department.
In May of 1998 Bagby was named the Director of Video Services at Clemson. Bagby’s time at Clemson as been spent upgrading and improving the services of the video department. Taking the department into the digital age has been one of his largest tasks.
To keep up with changing technology and to feed the thirst he has had for video knowledge, Bagby is actively involved in two different professional organizations – Information, Display and Entertainment Association (IDEA) and Collegiate Sports Video Association (CSVA). Bagby has served as the VP of CSVA for one year and is currently winding up his second year as President of this organization.
In 1999, he was voted as the ACC Video Coordinator of the Year – an award he greatly contributes to a hard working staff including his lone assistant Henry Guess.