SEATTLE, July 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FanWide (http://www.FanWide.com), the group dedicated to helping out-of-market sports fans find a local fan club chapter or game watch party, has just added former NCAA Head Coach Kerry Keating to its team as an advisor for its NCAA strategy and engagement. Since launching in 2016, Seattle-based FanWide has promoted over 1.2 million fan club events for 14,000 chapters nationwide. FanWide runs the world's largest fan club database for teams in the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, WNBA, NCAA Basketball, MLB, NHL, soccer, rugby, racing and dozens of other leagues.
Kerry Keating is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of The Vinculum Group LLC (http://www.thevinculumgroup.com), as well as an Analyst on ABC7 for its "After The Game" show, following all national NBA broadcasts in San Francisco. Mr. Keating is also an advisor to many other tech and sports startups including, TaskHuman (https://taskhuman.com), SocialVenu (https://www.socialvenu.com), Mojo Vision (https://mojo.vision), and Seattle-based Boost (http://www.trainwithboost.com). Mr. Keating is most well-known for his NCAA Coaching career. He was a head coach at Santa Clara University as well as an Assistant Coach for such leading programs as UCLA, Tennessee, among others, while also coaching prospects at both USA Basketball and the NBA Eurocamp.
"Having worked with many university athletic departments for almost three decades, and I've continually seen them struggle to develop meaningful connections with their remote fans." said Keating. "FanWide's network of fan clubs will change the way that colleges maintain their relationships with their alumni, fans, sponsors and broadcast partners."
FanWide connects sports fans living in or traveling to any city through in-person meetups organized by local fan club chapters. FanWide.com helps fan club leaders and alumni associations discover other local fans, promote their games, run contests, collect donations and measure attendance. The company also helps sports teams and leagues develops new communities and get their games featured on TVs across its network of over 10,000 local sports bars.
"Kerry's experience with some of the premier NCAA basketball programs and conferences in the country will make him an extremely valuable advisor to help us with our collegiate strategy," added Symon Perriman, CEO and Founder of FanWide. "In addition, his experiences helping startups will open up new channels for us to explore and excel in."
FanWide encourages any professional or colleges teams, fan club chapters, and accredited investors to contact the company if they are also interested in learning more about the business. FanWide was recently named "the most disruptive technology likely to shape the future of basketball" by many top sports companies and is part of the prestigious Techstars Sports accelerator. For more information on FanWide, please visit http://www.FanWide.com.
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About FanWide
FanWide (http://www.FanWide.com) is a free digital platform for fan clubs which helps sports fans find the closest game watch party for their favorite team at a local bar. Fans check in for deals from the venue, to enter contests from sponsors, or to earn rewards. Now sports fans living in any city can feel like they are inside the stadium of their favorite team on gameday. FanWide has promoted over a million events, manages the world's largest database of sports fan clubs, and measures out-of-home TV viewership at over 10,000 sports bars nationwide. FanWide also provides services for professional sports teams and leagues, college athletics, alumni associations, fan clubs, booster clubs, sports brands, athletes, and TV broadcasters.
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