Josh Liddick was hired as an Associate Director of Athletic Communications at Penn in September 2022. In this position, he serves as the primary media contact for football, women's basketball and several other Quaker varsity athletic programs.
In 2024, Liddick provided coverage to Penn Gymnastics' run to the championship "treble," claiming all three of the Ivy Classic, GEC regular season, and GEC Championship titles, the program's third consecutive. He also oversaw Penn Baseball win its second consecutive Ivy League Tournament title and berth into the NCAA Regional. Liddick promoted four All-Americans in football's Joey Slackman, swimming & diving's Anna Kalandadze and Matt Fallon, and baseball's Wyatt Henseler, working on communication efforts during Fallon's qualification at U.S. Olympic Trials and subsequent appearance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
During Liddick's first season in University City, the gymnastics team earned its second straight GEC title, claiming both the regular season and conference championship crowns.Â
Liddick arrives at Penn following four years as an assistant director at Lehigh University, where he served as primary media contact for women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer, volleyball and swimming & diving. He was also a secondary contact for football.
Highlighting his time at Lehigh, Liddick provided coverage during the men’s soccer program’s run to the 2019 Patriot League title and NCAA Tournament appearance. He also covered the women’s basketball team’s Patriot League title-winning season in 2021 and berth into the Big Dance for the first time since 2010.
In addition, Liddick promoted a pair of All-Americans (Men’s Soccer’s Josh Luchini in 2019 and Baseball’s Casey Rother in 2022) as well as seven MLB Draft selections (Levi Stoudt, Jason Reynolds, Mason Black, Matt Svanson, Adam Retzbach, Carlos Torres, and Rafe Perich) and an MLS SuperDraft pick (Mark Forrest). He also hosted and produced the "Mountain Hawk Talk" podcast for the department.
Prior to Lehigh, Liddick spent a year working part-time as a sports writer/clerk for the Reading Eagle newspaper in Reading, Pa.
Liddick graduated from Kutztown University in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Cinema, Television and Media Production, minoring in Communication Studies. At KU, he provided play-by-play commentary for the Golden Bears' men's and women's basketball teams and co-hosted two award-winning sports talk radio shows on Kutztown University Radio (KUR).
Liddick resides in Abington with his wife, Amanda.
