Mark J. Coyle was a political consultant in

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

. Coyle started as a radio reporter, but in the early 1990s he moved into public relations. In 1996, he worked for former astronaut Jon McBride, who ran unsuccessfully for governor of West Virginia, and he later played a key role in

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

's 2000 victory in that state. More recently he directed media relations for the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, founded by

Betsy McCaughey Ross Elizabeth Helen McCaughey (; née Peterken; born October 20, 1948), formerly known as Betsy McCaughey Ross, is an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1995 to 1998, during the first term of Governor George Pataki ...

.. He died October 13, 2007, at age 42, in a car crash on his way to a football game at

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

where he had been a student at the

S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commonly known as Newhouse School, is the communications and journalism school of Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. It has programs in print and broadcast journalism; music business; graphic ...

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1960s births 2007 deaths S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni American political consultants {{US-poli-bio-stub