Joe Matthews is entering his first year as Sports Information Director at Emory & Henry College. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the sports information department, directing media and statistical coverage of the College's 13 intercollegiate teams and the maintenance of GoWasps.com.

Most recently, Matthews returned to his alma mater, Lenoir-Rhyne University, to serve as a sports information specialist from May 2010 to May 2011. He was the official statistician for volleyball and provided game day assistance at football, basketball and softball games.

Matthews was previously Assistant Sports Information Director at fellow South Atlantic Conference institution Carson-Newman College during the 2009-10 season. While at the Jefferson City, Tenn., school, he assisted in the redesign of the athletic website and was the official statistician for football, basketball and volleyball. Matthews was also the primary contact for women's basketball and volleyball while assisting with football, men's basketball and men's and women's soccer. He also served as the Southeast Region coordinator for Daktronics All-Region.

Prior to his stint at Carson-Newman, Matthews was Graduate Assistant Sports Information Director at Lenoir-Rhyne from 2007 to 2009. He served as primary contact for the women’s basketball, softball, volleyball and women’s swimming teams and assisted with the Bears' other athletic programs including football and men's and women's soccer. Matthews also spearheaded the redesign of L-R's athletic website during the early summer of 2009.

In addition to working many SAC postseason tournaments, Matthews has coordinated media relations for several NCAA Division II Tournaments. These include the 2009 Southeast Region Women’s Basketball tournament, the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Southeast Region Softball tournaments, a Second Round Football playoff game in 2009 and the 2009 Southeast Region Women’s Soccer tournament.

During his time as an undergraduate at L-R, Matthews served as a student assistant for two years in the sports information office. He was also the student manager for Bears' women's basketball program during the 2003-04 season when the team won its first-ever SAC Regular Season Championship.

Matthews is a 2007 graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sport management and earned a Master of Business Administration from L-R in 2009.

Matthews is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). He is currently the coordinator for the College Division All-State Women's Basketball Team for VaSID. Matthews has been previously involved with the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) and served as the coordinator for the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Basketball Teams for the 2009-10 season.

A native of Lemon Springs, N.C, Matthews resides in Abingdon.