Towson University Athletics

Mike Gathagan joined the Towson University athletics department as Senior Associate Athletic Director, Strategic Communications in October 2018.  He provides oversight of external relations, including the supervision of the sports information, video services and fan development departments as well as ticket operations. He also serves as sport administrator for men's golf and is the department liaison with FloSports.

Gathagan, a Towson alumnus, returned to campus as a long-standing member of communications in the Baltimore-Washington region, including 14 years with the Maryland Jockey Club (2001-2015), where he served as Vice President of Communications.  He was the chief spokesperson for the Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of horseracing’s Triple Crown, and managed the media relations and broadcasting departments for Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park.
 
Gathagan’s career also includes stops in media relations for the NBA's Washington Wizards (1996-99) and the Canadian Football League’s Baltimore Stallions (1994-96).  

In addition, he was an award-winning sports producer for Baltimore’s WMAR-TV (1986-94). Immediately prior to Towson, he was the communications director at the Maryland Catholic Conference (2015-2018).

Gathagan graduated from Towson in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication.  He formerly was an executive board member of the Brigance Brigade Foundation.