Mike Hogan joined St. John Fisher University’s athletic department as its head of athletic communications in August 2024. He oversees and coordinates all of the department’s sports information efforts, leading a staff responsible for written content and athletic publications, social media content, in-game statistics, record keeping, website maintenance and more.
In his first year at St. John Fisher, Hogan significantly increased the sports information department’s student staff and started doing extensive work on the department’s website, updating (or creating) bios, record books and several other key information pages. He served as the host sports information director for first- and second-round NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Tournament games at Growney Stadium and the NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships in May. During the golf championships, Hogan coordinated photography coverage, handled various requests from media and traveling sports information directors and assisted the NCAA staff with live scoring.
Hogan represented St. John Fisher at the inaugural NCAA Division III Athletic Communicators Emerging Elite Program at the NCAA National Office in Indianapolis, Indiana, in December 2024. One of 30 sports information professionals selected to attend out of more than 100 applicants, Hogan networked with colleagues from across the country and participated in discussions that covered key industry issues and leadership strategies.
The program's goal was to provide professional development and networking opportunities for athletic communicators, particularly those early in their careers seeking to advance to a director-level position or those who have recently become a director. Topics discussed covered a variety of professional development areas, including leadership training, networking, overseeing staff, collaborations, culture-building, navigating expanded responsibilities and more.
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 was honored during a ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in October 2021.
Updated 6/27/2025
