Hung P. Tsai was named Cal State LA's Associate Athletics Director for Communications and Game Operations on Sept. 24, 2026, bringing the experienced Intercollegiate athletics leader back to a CSU campus.
Tsai provides strategic leadership and decision-making for the communications, media relations, digital content, broadcast, statistical reporting, and game-administration activities of the Golden Eagles. He serves as an administrator for home-contest and championship operations, including game-management planning, competition protocols, staffing, and communications with participating teams and officials.
Tsai has nearly 30 years of NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics experience to Cal State LA. He spent most of his career as the Assistant Athletics Director for Communications and Marketing at Stanislaus State from 2007 to 2021, after serving as the Warriors' sports information director from 2001 to 2004. Since 2021, Tsai has served as the Director of Championships for the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), of which Cal State LA is a member institution. His previous experience also includes stints with Humboldt State, San Jose State, the LA Galaxy and ESPN.
During his 17-year tenure at Stanislaus State, Tsai expanded its sports information, media services and marketing programs while playing an instrumental role in creating departmental operating procedures and protocols. He also mentored numerous young professionals and helped them launch careers in sports and entertainment.
At Stanislaus State, Tsai played an integral role in coordinating the annual Tournament of Champions softball event, from planning and scheduling the 28-team event, to staffing and stating 73 games over three days on seven fields in Turlock. In his time with the Warriors, there have also been multiple CCAA and NCAA Championship events where Tsai was the lead contact on campus, allowing for successful experiences for all student-athletes, coaches and fans. In all, Tsai was part of hosting 12 CCAA championship events in track & field, cross country, soccer and volleyball. In 2011, he was instrumental to the success of the Division II Track & Field National Championships hosted by CSU Stanislaus.
As the CCAA Director of Championships, Tsai elevated the student-athlete experience while coordinating, organizing and directing the operations of every conference championship tournament.
A career-long member of College Sports Communicators, formerly CoSIDA, Tsai was honored by the organization with its 25-year service award in June 2024. Tsai received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Humboldt State in 1997, and completed his master’s in kinesiology-sport management at Long Beach State in 2006. He and his wife, Dr. Stefani Overman-Tsai, who is a professor of theatre at CSUN (CSU Northridge), and their children live in Simi Valley, Calif.
