Mike Callahan joined the Vassar College athletics department in December of 2014 as the new Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports and Recreation.
Callahan will assume the task and duties of enhancing the intramural offerings and programs at Vassar College, while overseeing summer camps as well as the department’s four Varsity Club teams of men’s and women’s rugby and rowing. As long time department figure Roman Czula transitions to retirement, Callahan will take over Life Fitness fully later in 2015.
Callahan comes to Vassar College after serving as the Coordinator of Recreation and Intramurals at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY. While part of the Gaels’ athletic department, Callahan was responsible for implementing, coordinating, and overseeing the intramural programs at IC. He also managed the athletic facilities, including coordinating a staff of two full-time interns and over 100 student workers.
Callahan assumed his role at Iona after serving as an Recreation and Intramurals Assistant at IC, as he helped train students, arranged travel for the 21 Division I athletic programs, and managed student-worker payroll among other duties.
The appointment to the Vassar position is not the first time Callahan has worked in the Brewer athletic department, as he was a Summer Sport Camp Manager from April to August of 2011. He helped assist coaches with registration, processing and other management of summer camps as needed. Callahan has also worked at Mercy College as a Game Day Staff Assistant, as well as helping in game operations at his alma mater, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
A 2009 graduate of MCLA, Callahan was a four-year member and senior captain of the men’s basketball team. He was a two-year member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) at MCLA, and also served as the MASCAC SAAC representative for the Trailblazers. He was honored with the Sixth Star Award, given to the player that exceeds expectations.
Upon graduation from MCLA in 2009 with a B.S. in business administration, Callahan began his master’s work at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY, finishing his M.S. in Sport Business Management in August of 2011.
