Mike Miller was promoted to Columbia University Athletics’ Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations in November 2024. He has been a member of the Lions' athletics department since 2017, previously serving as 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 Miller’s leadership, Columbia has set revenue records in football & women’s basketball, including the first two sellouts in women’s basketball program history. He designed and executed sales strategies for online and in-venue merchandise. Additionally, Miller coordinates corporate sponsorship opportunities with JMI Sports.
“I am very excited about expanding my role within the Athletic Department,” Miller said. “I 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.”
Miller came to Morningside Heights after eight years at Wagner College as Associate Athletic Director for External Relations. During his time at Wagner, Miller’s main duties centered around developing and implementing strategic marketing plans for football, men’s and women’s 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 men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s 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. Mary’s Sports Information Department (2003-07)
A 2007 graduate of Mount St. Mary’s University with a bachelor’s degree in Communications Studies, he went on to earn a Master’s of Business Administration in International Business from Wagner College in 2013.
Miller resides in Clark, New Jersey, with his wife Danielle, son Carson and daughter Aubrey.
