Mike Harkness begins his fifth season with the Georgia Tech women’s basketball program as Director of Video Player Personnel. Harkness is in his 15th year of working in the video profession and has spent his entire career at the University of Maryland. Harkness was most recently the director of coaches video, a promotion he earned after a year as assistant director of coaches video. In his latest role with the Terps, Harkness, along with his staff of two assistants and four students, oversaw the video needs for all Maryland sports except football. He transitioned into working with all Terrapin sports after holding a graduate internship position with the basketball video department. He worked with the women’s basketball team that won the 2006 National Championship and the 2009 ACC Tournament title. While a student in College Park, Harkness began his career in the spring of 1999 working in the video department with the Maryland football team. During his time at Maryland, Harkness was a part of nine national championships and numerous ACC championships, and transitioned the Terrapins from an analog based video system to a fully digital video system. The Houghesville, Md., native graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in management science and statistics with a specialization of decision and information sciences in 2003.
