Brian Avery, Director of Champions Together
Email: bavery@ihsaa.org
Brian Avery has been the Director of the Champions Together program for the Indiana High School Athletic Association since July 1, 2022 and administers and promotes both Unified Sports - Unified Flag Football and Unified Track & Field.
The Champions Together program began in 2012 as a collaborative effort between the IHSAA and Special Olympics Indiana (SOIN) as a means of providing a quality experience of sports training and competition. It brings together high school students with and without disabilities to compete together representing their high school.
Prior to joining the IHSAA, Avery served 11 years as athletic director at Speedway High School (2011-22) and Franklin Central High School (2000-11). He was a teacher/coach at Lawrence Central High School (1988-2000) and Scecina Memorial High School (1983-88).
Avery has been a member of the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (IIAAA) Executive Board since 2005 and served as president of that organization in 2016-17.
He has been honored by both the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) and the IIAAA numerous times in his career including the NIAAA State Award of Merit in 2009 and IIAAA State Athletic Director of the Year in 2014.
He was secretary/treasurer of the Indiana Crossroads Conference and is a former president of Conference Indiana and former Marion County Athletic Association Coordinator.
Avery is a 1983 graduate of Marian College where he earned a bachelor's degree in Social Studies Teacher Education. He went on to earn a master's degree in Secondary School Administration from Butler University in 1990.
A LaPorte native, he is a 1979 graduate of LaPorte High School where he played basketball and ran track for the Slicers.
Avery and his wife, Jennifer, have three adult children – Tanner, Cassie, and Hallie. He is also a licensed IHSAA official in football and basketball following in the footsteps of his father, George R. Avery, who also was licensed in those sports for 25 years.