Bio

Dick Lipe, after 46 years as Bentley's Director of Athletic Communications, semiretired in July 2023, but continues to serve the university as a sports information specialist. His responsibilties include handling athletic communications for the men's basketball, women's basketball and men's golf teams, as well as special projects.

A 1977 graduate of Bentley with a Bachelor of Science degree, is in his 51st year at the University. His title was changed from Sports Information Director to Director of Athletic Communications in October 2020.      

A past president of the ECAC Sports Information Directors Association, Lipe, 67, was a college division representative on the Board of Directors of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for three years.  He has served on the NCAA Communications Committee and is a past chair of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Committee. He was a member of the Academic All-America Committee from 1979-2017 and is currently a member of the Academic All-America Hall of Fame Committee.  Lipe also served as the Information Director for the Northeast-10 from 1980-98, and for the Eastern Football Conference from 1997-2000.     

In October 1993, Lipe was honored with induction into the Bentley Athletic Hall of Fame. Three years later, he was named a recipient of the Lester Jordan Award, presented by CoSIDA for his contributions to the Academic All-America® program.  In August 2000, he was presented with the Elmore Hudgens Sports Information Award by the All-America Football Foundation.          

In 2002, Lipe was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame, and presented with the Warren Berg Award by CoSIDA and the Irving Marsh Award by ECAC-SIDA, both for excellence in sports information.  In addition, the Northeast-10 presented the longtime Bentley SID with the inaugural Dick Lipe Media Award. In 2006, Lipe was one of the inaugural inductees into the Northeast-10 Hall of Fame. In March 2010, he received the Jack Grinold Media/SID Award from MasterSports, a regional organization that promotes college football. Lipe also received the Pete Nevins award in February 2015 from the Metropolitan New York Football Writers.          

A native of Latham, N.Y., Lipe resides in Waltham with his wife, Rosanne. They have one adult son, Brian, and one grandson.