Eric Sebastian
	Position: Director of Operations Alma Mater: SMU, 1994

Eric Sebastian is in his third season on the Memphis staff in 2011-12. He came to the Bluff City in the summer of 2009 from his director of media relations post with the NBA's Denver Nuggets.

In his role with the Tigers, Sebastian deals with all of the program's external and internal operations. In addition, Sebastian teaches a class, Chronology of Sport, in the Sport and Leisure department at the University.

In his first two years, Sebastian was a member of Pastner's staff that guided the Tigers to consecutive 20-win campaigns, back-to-back postseason berths (2010 NIT, 2011 NCAA) and a Conference USA Tournament title. Memphis posted 49 combined wins (49-20 record) in 2009-10 and 2010-11, making Sebastian a part of the winningest staff under a head coach (Josh Pastner) in his first two seasons in school history.

Last season, the Tigers posted a 25-10 overall record and earned an NCAA Tournament berth. En route to the "Big Dance," Memphis won the program's first conference tournament crown outside the Bluff City since 1987. The Tigers put together a magical ride in the 2011 Conference USA Tournament, winning the title with a thrilling 67-66 victory over UTEP on the Miners' homecourt.

The 2010-11 campaign was the 11th-straight, 20-win season for the Tigers. It was also the 11th-consecutive year the Tigers advanced to the postseason. Memphis also posted a 10-6 C-USA regular season record in 2010-11, marking the sixth-straight year Memphis recorded double-digit victories in league action.

In Sebastian's first season in 2009-10, the Tigers posted a 24-10 overall record and received a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berth. Memphis advanced to the NIT second round, winning a postseason tournament game for the seventh-consecutive year. The Tigers also recorded a 13-3 Conference USA mark and finished second in the league's regular season standings.

After the 2009-10 season, sophomore guard Elliot Williams declared for the 2010 NBA Draft and was the 22nd pick of the first round by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Sebastian came to the Bluff City after working in the Denver Nuggets media relations department since 1994, including a six-year stint (2003-09) as the department's director. In his tenure as the media relations director in Denver, he worked with Nuggets head coach George Karl and NBA All-Stars Chauncey Billups, Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson.

Sebastian directed several successful campaigns for players receiving NBA All-Star and All-NBA honors, including Marcus Camby who earned the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He also worked on statistical projects for the Nuggets coaches and management and assisted in the process of free agent recruiting.

Sebastian was also a part of the Nuggets' resurgence since 2003-04. Denver won 40 or more games each of those six seasons, and over that span of time averaged nearly 48 wins per campaign. The Nuggets also made playoff appearances each of those six years.

Sebastian's final year with Denver (2008-09) was an historic one. The Nuggets won a franchise-record 54 games (54-28 record), claimed a share of the NBA Northwest Division title and earned the Western Conference No. 2 seed in the playoffs. Denver advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1985. Billups and Anthony were named to the All-NBA third team, while Billups played in the NBA All-Star Game.

Prior to joining the NBA, Sebastian served as an intern in the Dallas Cowboys media relations office and men's World Cup organization in 1994.