Hayden Harrington became St. John Fisher’s Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Events in January 2026. In his role at Fisher, Harrington oversees the athletic department’s scheduling of practices and competitions and coordinates transportation for its teams. He also leads the department’s work-study program.
A Buffalo native, Harrington returned to Western New York after two years at Florida Gulf Coast University. He served as FGCU’s Assistant Director of Athletic Facilities and Equipment from 2024-25 and as its Assistant Director of Athletic Facilities and Events for the past year.
During his two years at Florida Gulf Coast, Harrington worked with a number of the Owls’ athletic programs as a primary or secondary event manager, including men’s and women’s soccer, swimming & diving, softball, women’s tennis and men’s and women’s basketball. He also gained experience as a facility manager for FGCU’s soccer, softball and women’s tennis complexes and assisted with day-to-day operations of Alico Arena, home to the Owls’ basketball programs. Harrington assisted with the scheduling of all practices, games and facility rentals, and had a role in hosting multiple Atlantic Sun Conference tournaments and the Geico Coconut Hoops Thanksgiving Tournament.
Harrington served as an athletic facilities graduate assistant at Canisius University while earning his master’s degree in sport administration from 2022-24, a role in which he assisted with scheduling of practices and games and oversaw student workers. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sport pedagogy from Canisius in 2022.
Harrington was a grounds crew member for the Buffalo Bisons, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Triple-A affiliate, during the 2023 season. He also assisted the Canisius University athletic facilities team as a student worker throughout his four years as an undergraduate student.
