Lincoln University of Missouri Athletics

Dan Carr joined the staff at Lincoln as the Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations in 2011. He begins his 13th year as a member of the Blue Tiger athletic department in 2023-24.

Carr serves as the primary media contact for all 14 of Lincoln's Division II teams, and is responsible for the writing, design and editing of all media guides and press releases. Among his main duties are maintaining and updating the athletic department's website, recording statistics and working with various media outlets to promote all of Lincoln's student athletes. Carr additionally oversees live broadcasts of Lincoln home sporting events as well as other productions streamed on the MIAA Network.

For the past 11 years, Carr has also served on the MIAA Basketball Championship committee, helping to organize and coordinate the conference's post-season basketball tournaments. Carr, a member of CoSIDA, was the on-site media relations coordinator when Lincoln hosted both the 2014 and 2022 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship meets as well as the 2012 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Regional. In his time at Lincoln, Carr has also covered four teams that have won NCAA Division II national championships.

Prior to coming to Lincoln, Carr worked as a sports information assistant at Cleveland State University, where he served as the primary media contact for seven of the school's 17 Division I sports. In 2011 he handled all the media relation duties for the Horizon League Swimming & Diving Championships and also worked with members of the press when the school hosted second and third round games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Carr also has experience in television, as he worked for BCSN, a cable sports network in the Toledo, Ohio area before entering the field of sports information. Carr recorded stats, did camera work and created graphics for a wide variety of high school and college sporting events.

Born and raised in Ohio, Carr began his athletic career as a student assistant in Denison University's sports information department from 2003-2005, ultimately graduating in 2005 with degrees in communication and theatre.

Carr and his wife, Joni, reside in Jefferson City.