VenueConnect 2019

Zach Kerns
Associate Vice President of Campus Operations
Kennesaw State University/Fifth Third Bank Stadium


Zach is currently in the role of Executive Director of Kennesaw State University’s Department of Event and Venue Management as well as the General Manager of the KSU Sports and Entertainment Park and Fifth Third Bank Stadium. In this position he oversees all operations, event management, guest experience, technical operations, turf management, and capital planning for venues within the department. These venues include Fifth Third Bank Stadium, the 88 acre Sports and Entertainment Park, the Walter Kell baseball stadium, the Event Center on the Marietta campus, as well as the Marietta campus recreation complex. In all, these venues total over 100 acres, 19 competition locations, and hosts more than 300,000 visitors annually. Prior to KSU, he was in a similar role at Clemson University as the General Manager of Littlejohn Coliseum as well as events and venues across campus. He’s been involved with Presidential campaigns, the first Zac Brown Southern Ground Festival, ESPN College Gameday for both Basketball and Football, as well as Georgia’s largest country music festival, Shaky Boots and Owl-O-Ween.

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