Staff Directory
- Title:
- Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations
- Email:
- Phone:
- 212-854-0043
- Alma Mater/Year:
- Mount St. Mary's, '07
- Major:
- Communications Studies
Mike Miller was promoted to Columbia University Athleticsโ Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operationsย in November 2024. He has been a member of the Lions' athletics department since 2017, previously serving asย Associate AD for Marketing, Ticketing and Fan Engagement.
Miller is responsible for the strategic direction, oversight, coordination, leadership and active participation in the revenue generation and external functions.
Under Millerโs leadership, Columbia has set revenue records in football & womenโs basketball, including the first two sellouts in womenโs basketball program history. He designed and executed sales strategies for online and in-venue merchandise. Additionally, Miller coordinates corporate sponsorship opportunities with JMI Sports.
โI am very excited about expanding my role within the Athletic Department,โ Miller said. โI look forward to building new and innovative ways to feature the success of our sports programs while strengthening our revenue opportunities to benefit the department.โ
Miller came to Morningside Heights after eight years at Wagner College as Associate Athletic Director for External Relations. During his time at Wagner, Millerโs main duties centered around developing and implementing strategic marketing plans for football, menโs and womenโs basketball, coordinating community service events and projects with student-athletes and local charities, managing and cultivating a client base of national and local corporate partners with sponsorship revenue. and overseeing all athletic branding and licensing opportunities. He also developed strategic plans to upgrade facilities, organized fundraising and athletic alumni events. In addition, he served as the sport administrator for the Wagner menโs and womenโs tennis and menโs and womenโs golf teams.
Before his stint at Wagner, Miller served as an assistant sports information director at Fordham University (2009), marketing & promotions and sports information graduate assistant at Wagner (2007-08), worked for four years in the Mount St. Maryโs Sports Information Department (2003-07)
A 2007 graduate of Mount St. Maryโs University with a bachelorโs degree in Communications Studies, he went on to earn a Masterโs of Business Administration in International Business from Wagner College in 2013.
Miller resides in Clark, New Jersey,ย with his wife Danielle,ย son Carson and daughter Aubrey.
