Mike Hogan became St. John Fisher University’s head of athletics communications in August 2024. He leads a staff responsible for promoting all 28 of the Cardinals’ teams through written and social media content in addition to maintaining SJFAthletics.com, record-keeping, statistic recording and more.
Since he arrived at Fisher, Hogan and his team have done extensive work to restore the department’s website, updating and creating biographies, record books and several other key information sources. He has also created a strong internship program, providing St. John Fisher and other local college students with hands-on experience assisting the athletics communications staff with statistics, social media, photography and day-to-day office work. Over the past year, Hogan’s former interns have obtained athletics communications positions at UAlbany, Bryant University and Keuka College.
With Rochester frequently selected as a host city for NCAA Division III championship events, Hogan has served as the host sports information director for first- and second-round Division III Women’s Lacrosse Tournament games at Growney Stadium and for the 2025 Division III Men’s Golf Championships at the Midvale and Cobblestone Creek country clubs. During the golf championships, Hogan coordinated photography coverage, handled requests from media and traveling sports information directors and assisted the NCAA staff with live scoring.
Hogan, a strong writer and storyteller, has been honored nationally for his work at St. John Fisher through the College Sports Communicators’ Fred Stabley Jr. Writing Contest. His spotlight piece on former Cardinals football coach Paul Vosburgh – "'I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for Paul': Inside Paul Vosburgh's St. John Fisher Legacy" – was named the College Division’s General Feature/Blog of the Year for 2025-26. Published in October 2025, Hogan's story highlighted Vosburgh's 34-year career at Fisher and the profound impact he had on his players and staff members. It was told through the voices of former assistant coaches and players who shared personal anecdotes illustrating Vosburgh's character.
An active member of the athletics communications community in Rochester and beyond, Hogan represented St. John Fisher at the inaugural NCAA Division III Athletic Communicators Emerging Elite Program at the NCAA National Office in Indianapolis in December 2024. One of 30 sports information professionals selected from more than 100 applicants, he networked with colleagues from across the country and participated in discussions on key industry issues and leadership strategies.
Hogan came to Fisher from Cornell University, where he began his athletic communications career in August 2023. He primarily covered the Big Red’s nationally renowned wrestling program and softball team while serving as the secondary contact for the football and men’s and women’s ice hockey teams.
While covering Cornell wrestling, Hogan helped enhance the internal coverage of the team during the 2023-24 season. He worked closely with Cornell’s creative content staff to create social media content and had a key role in the production of ‘Blood, Sweat and Glory II,’ a mini-movie on the team’s second-place finish and Vito Arujau's 133-pound national title at the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
As the secondary football contact, Hogan helped produce weekly media guides, assisted the stats crew during games and wrote several stories for CornellBigRed.com, including game previews, recaps and features.
Hogan began his professional career as a sports journalist, covering the University of Wisconsin’s football and men’s basketball teams for 247Sports from June 2021 to July 2023. In college, he covered the Tennessee Titans as a staff reporter for AllTitans/SI.com during the COVID-19-altered 2020-21 season. He covered St. Bonaventure University’s Division I men’s basketball program for various publications as a student, including Tapinto Greater Olean and The Bona Venture, SBU’s student-run newspaper.
From Grafton, Wisconsin, Hogan graduated from St. Bonaventure’s Jandoli School of Communication in 2021. He was the 61st recipient of the Mark Hellinger Award, presented annually to the senior who demonstrates academic excellence and shows genuine promise in journalism and mass communications. He received the award during a ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in October 2021.
Updated 6/22/2026
