Hall of Fame
- Highlights: The second full-time sports information director in SRU history, serving from 2000-14 after previously serving as a graduate assistant in the Sports Information Office from 1980-82, decorated member of the Lions Club both locally and in the Commonwealth.
Bob McComas is posthumously being enshrined in the Hall of Fame this year after passing away in 2022. He served in two different roles in the Sports Information Office during his time at SRU, first working as the graduate assistant while pursuing his master's degree from 1980-82 and then returning as the second full-time sports information director at SRU in 2000.
A native of Wooster, Ohio and a 1981 graduate of the University of Akron, McComas guided the Sports Information Office at Slippery Rock through some of the steepest changes in the profession's history with major technology and internet advancements hitting collegiate athletics in the early 2000s. He signed the first contract for the official athletics website to be hosted by a third-party when he partnered with SIDEARM Sports. That deal has paid significant dividends as Slippery Rock has continued its partnership with SIDEARM for more than two decades and the Athletics website has received numerous honors as one of the best in the nation.
In addition to his efforts in covering Slippery Rock Athletics, McComas was also active in the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Division II Sports Information Directors Association (D2SIDA), serving as a regional representative on the national board. He also served 10 years as the Division II representative for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) board of directors and served seven years as the coordinator of the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year award.
McComas was a decorated member of the Lions Club and was passionate about service. He spent four years on the cabinet and three years as president of the Slippery Rock Lions Club before accepting the state administrator job for the Lions of Pennsylvania. In that role, he oversaw more than 21,000 Lions Club members throughout the Commonwealth and worked to uphold the policies and procedures set forth by Lions Club International, the largest service organization in the world.
In his tenure with the local Lions Club in Slippery Rock, which included serving as president for the 50th anniversary celebration, McComas doubled the organization's membership. He was honored with three citations from the Lions Club International for his local efforts.
In addition to his work with the Slippery Rock Lions Club, McComas also served four years as a membership chairman for the five-county district, three years as the district's campus club coordinator, two years as the northern Butler County zone chairman and one year each as the district newsletter editor and public relations chairman. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Slippery Rock University Campus Lions Club.
